Dec 01, Kathmandu - The number of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among HIV/AIDS infected people in the district is increasing. 35 of the HIV/AIDS infected people here have been found to have sexually transmitted diseases.

According to Dr. Pramod Poudel, senior physician at Bharatpur Hospital, during the tests of 1,040 people conducted in the past 10 months, that number of sexually transmitted diseases were found.

They were found to have genital warts. According to him, sexually transmitted diseases have started to increase among the infected people due to unprotected sex.

According to the hospital, tuberculosis has been found in seven of the AIDS infected people. This disease was found in that number during the tests of ninety-three people.

There are currently 1,243 people infected with AIDS in the district. Of these, 34 are receiving medication from Baghauda Hospital in Madi, while 1,209 are receiving medication from the ART Center in Bharatpur.

Poudel informed that 66 new infections have been found during tests conducted at various places in the district in the past 10 months. He said that during the testing of 285 people, that number was found to be infected with AIDS.

According to him, 104 patients have been added to the ART Center of Bharatpur Hospital for taking medicine during this period. He said that patients transferred from other districts, along with the newly infected people added here, are also receiving services from here.

According to Krishnahari Sapkota, program coordinator of the AIDS Health Foundation at Bharatpur Hospital, 65 patients who were taking medicine have been transferred from here. He informed that twenty-eight people have stopped taking medicine.

He said that 13 of the infected people here have died. He said that the perspective of looking at people with AIDS has not changed yet.

He said that even ambulances find it difficult to bring infected people to the hospital for treatment.