Chhattisgarh: AIDS kills 1,588 in last three years

Chhattisgarh Government informed state assembly on Tuesday that the deadly disease AIDS has claimed almost 1,600 lives in the state. 

In a written reply to the question by MLA Amit Jogi in the Assembly, Health and Family Welfare Minister Ajay Chandrakar informed that “a total of 8,978 AIDS patients were detected in 2013, 2014 and 2015 in the state.

“1,588 deaths were reported due to the AIDS during this period,” he added.

As many as 20 posts of programme officers, including 11 assistant directors and six deputy directors, of AIDS Control Society are lying vacant in the state, the minister said.