Doctors still afraid of contracting HIV from patients, survey shows

Ljubljana, 28 November - Around 90% of Slovenian doctors consider it normal to treat HIV-infected patients in the same manner as other patients, yet almost 20% are still afraid of contracting HIV in contact with the skin of an infected person, a survey carried out by the national public health institute and a gay rights NGO shows.

Ljubljana Doctors at the UKC Ljubljana hospital. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA File photo

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Doctors at the UKC Ljubljana hospital.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA
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