3 patients infected with HIV virus

LONDON - Three patients have been infected with the HIV virus after receiving blood from an HIV positive donor, it was disclosed…

LONDON - Three patients have been infected with the HIV virus after receiving blood from an HIV positive donor, it was disclosed yesterday.

One has since died of a condition unrelated to HIV. The others have been offered counselling.

It is the first case of HIV infection through a blood transfusion in England since testing for HIV was introduced in 1985.