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World Aids Day coming
 (Reuters)
Updated: 2005-11-28 15:54

An AIDS patient lies in his bed at a hospital inside the Buddhist Prabat Namphu Temple in central Lopburi province, 150 km (93 miles) northeast of Bangkok, November 28, 2005. According to Thailand's Health Ministry, there have been 1.1 million AIDS patients in the country in the past 21 years, about half of whom are still alive. The government estimates there are 18,000 new infected patients this year, mostly aged between 20 and 39. World Aids Day is commemorated around the globe on December 1.
An AIDS patient lies in his bed at a hospital inside the Buddhist Prabat Namphu Temple in central Lopburi province, 150 km (93 miles) northeast of Bangkok, November 28, 2005. According to Thailand's Health Ministry, there have been 1.1 million AIDS patients in the country in the past 21 years, about half of whom are still alive. The government estimates there are 18,000 new infected patients this year, mostly aged between 20 and 39. World Aids Day is commemorated around the globe on December 1. [Reuters]

 


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