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  satya71
  This is common practice in much of developed world. Long ago, they used to have re-usable glass syringes that could be sterilized. Unfortunately, people switched to disposable syringes. The unit costs are...high in the US, unreasonable in developing countries.It's not just this hospital, it's widespread ([1] report 38%)[1] https://www.emro.who.int/emhj-volume-26-2020/volume-26-issue...
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  dwa3592
  I was in middle school when we were taught that used syringes were one of the causes of HIV. Can't believe a hospital would do this!!!
• geor9e
  There's obviously terrible procedures happening at this clinic, involving contamination, but that one video doesn't seem like the culprit. Notice he removes the needle, then injects medicine into a cannula tube, not flesh. He then re-attaches the needle, draws the second dose, and injects again. That was the problem. The narrator says he then used a brand new syringe for every child, but that initial procedure contaminated the vial. Cannula tubes are primed with saline, that's kind of a long gap for blood to travel to contaminate the vial. Yes he did it wrong, but I get why he thought it would be ok.
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  jaypatelani
  US should rather sanction Pakistan than getting IMF loan to it.
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  t1234s
  death penalty
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  halperter
  https://archive.is/a9p1XDoes anyone have alternative archival sites? I want to switch away from archive.today because of the uncivil behavior [1] but can't find any other archival sites that can unpaywall websites.[1] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/wikipedia-might-...
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  aussieguy1234
  One way to think of infection control best practice with needles like this.The cost of a new needle, syringe or new gloves is quite cheap.The cost of an infection is high.The cost of a HIV infection is life altering.So, its clear that whoever did this thought that whatever small savings they obtained from not using a fresh syringe was more important to them than the high likelihood their patients would get infections, including HIV.
• calvinmorrison
  expect nothing less from a country that has the largest slave population in the world.
• temptemptemp111
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