'14,728 people died of HIV in Maha since April 2009'

March 12, 2013 15:02

More than 14,500 people have died due to HIV in three-and-half years since April 2009 across Maharashtra, State Health Minister Suresh Shetty today said. In a written reply given in the Legislative Council, Shetty today said that between April 1, 2009, to September 30, 2012, about 1,67,151 people were affected due to HIV as per records from Integrated Counselling and Testing ICTC centers.

The minister was countering a point raised by Congress MLC Sanjay Dutt during the Question Hour, in which Dutt stated that 3,43,079 people have been affected due to HIV since April 1, 2009. Shetty said that according to records from anti retro-viral therapy (ART) centres, 14,728 people died due to HIV over a period of three years.

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