A Tianjin man who was HIV-positive concealed his medical condition from doctors so he could have surgery to treat his lung cancer, after several other hospitals refused to treat him, an HIV/AIDS association director revealed on the weibo social network.
Li Hu, the regional director of non-profit organisation China Alliance of People Living with HIV/AIDS, used the website to share the news that the man had been successful in getting his surgery by hiding his HIV status.
“Good news!…after being rejected by Tianjin Cancer Hospital, he modified copy of his medical notes to skip blood testing and managed to receive the treatment,” Li wrote. “He swears he will sue the hospitals that refused to treat him. Any lawyer willing to help is welcomed.”
The 25-year-old lung cancer patient, nicknamed Feng, was turned away by Tianjin Cancer Hospital in early November after a doctor found he was HIV-positive, Li Hu told .
Feng then went to Beijing Ditan hospital, a hospital entitled to treat HIV/AIDS carriers, but was also rejected. Li said the hospital told Feng it did not have adequate facilities to treat his lung cancer.
Anxious to get the surgery done, Feng removed the HIV-positive status from his medical record copy to avoid blood tests, and managed to receive the lung cancer surgery at another hospital in Tianjin, according to Li.
