(24News) According to the provincial health department, the number of HIV-AIDS patients in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has increased by 1147 during the last ten months.
The Health Department released the data of HIV AIDS patients in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, according to which the number of HIV patients registered in the hospitals of the province reached 8 thousand 356. According to the document, there are 6,105 male and 2,800 female HIV patients registered in KP, while 171 transgenders have also been diagnosed with HIV. Overall, Peshawar ranks first in HIV positive cases. 1274 cases have been reported, while the total number of cases is 874 in the southern districts of Bannu district. Similarly, Abbottabad 121, Bitgram. 41, Buner 103, Charsadda 307, Chitral 22, DI Khan 164, Dir Lower 255, Dir Upper 124, Kohat 214, Hangu 113, Haripur 37, Kirk 125, Kohistan 8, Lucky Marwat 285, Malakand 110, Mansehra 132, Mardan 314, Nowshera 227, Swabi 241, Swat 300, Shangla 63, Total number 88 in Tank district and one patient is included in Torghar. According to official sources, the number of AIDS patients is said to be in thousands, but the majority of them are related to this disease from a doctor or hospital. They do not refer and it is feared that this number may be very high.