UPDATED 3:07 AM EST, November 29, 2012
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese villager Wang Pinghe (ping-huh) wants the tumor in his liver removed before it becomes life-threatening. But the 28-year-old knows it will be hard to find a hospital that will do the operation — because he has AIDS.
Hospitals in China routinely reject people with HIV for surgery out of fear of exposure to the virus or harm to their reputations. China has significantly improved care for AIDS patients, but the lingering stigma sets back those advances.
