Aids network launches campaign against quacks


	Aids network launches campaign against quacks

Deepti

5-30-2007 3:43 AM

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hiv, aids, india, quacks, campaign, illegal, health

Deepti says:

"The quacks are not only a stumbling block in the fight against Aids but also they cheat unsuspecting patients, often poor and uneducated," said Shabana Patel, a representative of the Indian Network of People Living With HIV and Aids in the western state of Maharashtra

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5-30-2007 8:36 AM

Socratoad

One would have to be a sociopath in order to understand how such people could be so cruel and unfeeling.

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