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19 HIV/AIDS patients in China's Heilongjiang province won a landmark court victory in December, and received the largest compensation yet awarded to the nation's victims of HIV-contaminated blood transfusions. Human rights campaigners hail the case as an encouraging precedent for others in China who endure a similar fate. But complicated local bureaucracies and inconsistent execution of national directives obstruct many rural HIV carriers from the courts.
In this story Zhen talks about his experience in Hebei Province seeking compensation for he and his wife's HIV infections. Over the course of his ongoing struggle with hospital and government officials he has become an advocate and educator for other victims of contaminated blood transfusions in his region.
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19 HIV/AIDS patients in China's Heilongjiang province won a landmark court victory in December, and received the largest compensation yet awarded to the nation's victims of HIV-contaminated blood transfusions. Human rights campaigners hail the case as an encouraging precedent for others in China who endure a similar fate. But complicated local bureaucracies and inconsistent execution of national directives obstruct many rural HIV carriers from the courts. In this story Zhen talks about his experience in Hebei Province seeking compensation for he and his wife's HIV infections. Over the course of his ongoing struggle with hospital and government officials he has become an advocate and educator for other victims of contaminated blood transfusions in his region.
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