AIDS patients concerned

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Of the 25,117 people registered as affected by HIV/AIDS, some 10,000 are not receiving their anti-viral medications or their CD4 laboratory exams. Dulce Almonte, executive director of the Dominican Network for People Working with HIV/AIDS says the shortage in supplies began on 30 May and the concern is that HIV/AIDS patients must take their medication without interruption. Almonte is urging for HIV/AIDS patients to be included in the Social Security program and National Social Security Council director Max Puig says he is working towards this goal. Minister of Public Health Bautista Rojas Gomez denies that there is a shortage of medications.

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