Ban on HIV-positive doctors and dentists set to be overturned

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Ban on HIV-positive doctors and dentists set to be overturned
Posted on: November 24 2011, 09:13 pm

"Anti-retroviral medication can effectively control HIV, so that patients with HIV display levels of the infective particle in their blood that are too low even to measure. This, combined with the high levels of infection control that are demanded of medical professionals, means that much of Europe along with Australia and America have removed the restriction."

Full news item here: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/ban-on-hivpositive-doctors-and-dentists-set-to-be-overturned-6267110.html

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Re: Ban on HIV-positive doctors and dentists set to be overturned
Reply #1 on: November 24 2011, 10:11 pm

Anybody know if the ban on HIV positive pilots has been lifted yet?

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