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Indian Fake Doctor Infects 21 With HIV With Tainted Syringes

A fake doctor treating poor villagers in northern India for colds, coughs and diarrhea has infected at least 21 of them with HIV by using contaminated syringes and needles, a health official said Tuesday.   Sushil Choudhury, the official, said police were looking for Rajendra Yadav, who fled Bangarmau, a small town in Uttar Pradesh state, after the HIV infections were detected in December last year.   The villagers said they rarely saw Yadav changing the needles. Choudhury said...


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