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Free medical check given for gays

www.chinanews.cn 2007-04-16 17:32:08

Chinanews, Beijing, Apr. 16 �C Some 200 male homosexuals went to a
Beijing local hospital last Sunday to take free medical health check, the
Beijing Morning Post reported.
This is the first time that Beijing municipal government provided free
medical check for homosexuals. The activity was organized by the Chaoyang
District Overseas AIDS Prevention Work Group.
The activity was aimed to help the AIDS group to pay more attention to
their health and learn some health knowledge, said Xiao Dong, head of the
Chaoyang District Overseas AIDS Prevention Work Group.
��At first, we wanted them to take their health check in a large public
hospital. However, many public hospitals, once learning that they were
going to provide free medical checks for AIDS people, turned down our
request, on the excuse that they already had too many patients. So, in
the end, we had to choose a private hospital,�� Xiao said.
They publicized their notification on the free medical check a week ago
on www.hivolunt.net website. When the notice was publicized, nearly one
hundred people phoned in to ask about the time and address for the check.
By April 15, about 200 people registered for the health check.
Many of the AIDS people came in twos for the health check. They were
mostly in their 30s. There were also some retired people or college
students. Patients could take both physical check and psychological
consultation. The physical check included normal health check and check
for their AIDS conditions, while some doctors would offer psychological
consultation to these people. In order to protect the patients' privacy,
doctors would not write down their names during the health check.
Instead, every person was given a number card with a password. Organizers
said that these people could log on to www.hivolunt.net to check their
health conditions three days after the health test.
Starting from today, the Chaoyang District Disease and Prevention Center
will issue some 50,000 cards in some bars or parks where gays usually
meet. With these cards, homosexuals can get two boxes of condoms twice
every month for free, Xiao added.

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