Archive of "Aids carrier leaves hospital", The Straits Times, 28 July 1985

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Aids carrier leaves hospital

THE man who is the latest Singapore person to be identified as a carrier of the Aids-related virus left hospital yesterday.

He also had severe depression and was admitted to Alexandra Hospital more than a week ago.

A Health Ministry spokesman yesterday said the man was discharged because he was "all right”. He has also seen a psychiatrist.

The ministry had said on Friday that the man did not have Aids (acquired immune deficiency syndrome).

It was learnt yesterday that more people might be carrying the Aids-related virus, HTLV-III.

It is understood that these probable new cases are people whose blood tests show they have the antibodies to the virus.

The man, a homosexual, is attending counselling sessions at the Middle Road Hospital like the other three men who were identified earlier by the ministry as carriers of the virus.

His blood samples have been sent to the United States for confirmatory tests, but the results are not available yet.

Sent to US

Until laboratory facilities for the confirmatory Western Blot test are ready here, blood samples will continue to be sent to the US. Alternatively, some samples may be sent to Australia.

Laboratory equipment for the test have been ordered for the Pathology Department of the Singapore General Hospital.

=See also=
 * Archive of "Three in S’pore found with Aids-linked virus", The Straits Times, 10 April 1985
 * Archive of "Aids virus: Doctor who 'found it'", The Sunday Times, 14 April 1985
 * Archive of "Aids on ‘must report’ list", The Straits Times, 17 April 1985
 * Archive of "Undergrads to be taught about Aids", The Straits Times, 21 April 1885
 * Archive of "16 more may be carriers of Aids virus", The Straits Times, 30 April 1985
 * Archive of "Special lab to do Aids tests soon", The Straits Times, 18 May 1985
 * Archive of "Man with Aids related virus in hospital", The Straits Times, 21 July 1985
 * Archive of "Ministry steps up Aids drive", The Straits Times, 5 September 1985
 * Archive of "S’pore-Stanford research tie-up bid", The Straits Times, 10 October 1985
 * Archive of "Aids: 20,000 cleared", The Straits Times, 29 November 1985
 * Archive of "Screening tests likely to uncover more Aids carriers", The Straits Times, 1 May 1986
 * Archive of "Aids claims first victim here", The Straits Times, 11 April 1987
 * Archive of "Fear of Aids pushes up condom sales", The Straits Times, 19 April 1987
 * Archive of "Govt dental clinics phasing out boiling", The Straits Times, 1 October 1987
 * Earliest cases of HIV/AIDS in Singapore
 * HIV/AIDS in Singapore's LGBT community
 * Paddy Chew
 * Avin Tan
 * Ajmal Khan
 * Calvin Tan
 * Adrian Tyler

=References=
 * "Aids carrier leaves hospital", The Straits Times, 28 July 1985[].

=Acknowledgements=

This article was archived by Roy Tan.