Video PlayerClose BEIJING, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) — Li Li still remembers vividly the first time, 20 years ago, that she performed a caesarean section on a pregnant woman infected with HIV. “I was so nervous at the operating table because I knew that HIV was different from other viruses,” said Li, director of the gynecology and obstetrics department of Beijing Ditan Hospital. With the encouragement and help of other experienced colleagues, however, she overcame her fear. “It gave me a boost of confidence, and I began to face future operations calmly,” she said. Tuesday marks the 33rd World AIDS Day, with all eyes on the HIV/AIDS fight. Beijing Ditan Hospital specializes in infectious-disease treatment and receives patients with infectious diseases, including those infected with HIV. Among the parents of newborn babies each year, some are HIV carriers. “More than 2,000 people gave birth at the gynecology and obstetrics department last year, and there were 18 people infected with HIV,” Li said, adding that of the more than 900 people who gave birth at the department in the first eight months of this year, eight were infected with HIV. “Fortunately, we successfully prevented mother-to-child transmission of HIV in all these cases,… Read full this story
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