THE Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) on Friday confirmed that some blood samples from the 'Red Shirt' activists were contaminated with the HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C viruses.
'About 2 per cent tested positive for HIV. Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C each were found in five per cent ,' Deputy Bangkok Governor Dr Malinee Sukvejvorakij said.
She was speaking after Dr Weng Tojirakarn, a leader of 'Red Shirt' Democratic Alliance against Dictatorship (DAAD), called on the BMA to comment on the matter.
On Thursday, Dr Kusol Prawichpaiboon publicly expressed concern about the possible outbreak of diseases caused by the DAAD blood-splashing activities. He revealed that the blood thrown in front of Government House, the Democrat Party headquarters, and Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's house carried diseases.
'Indeed, some blood samples have tested positive for diseases,' Dr Malinee said on Friday. She said the BMA collected blood samples before starting the cleaning operation out of concern for the health of the red shirt demonstrators. Despite warnings from various health authorities, thousands of 'Red Shirts' provided blood for the blood-splashing activities last month.
Dr Malinee did not say where the blood test was conducted but the BMA has its own medical college and a hospital. As for Dr Kusul, he said his information was based on blood tests carried out at the Ramathibodi Hospital, which now admitted that it might have unknowingly conducted the test on the red shirts' blood. -- THE NATION/ANN
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