In a tragic story of how ignorance and stigma continue to haunt HIV patients in the country, villagers of Hasegain in Latur in Maharashtra have refused to allow their children to study with nine HIV positive children - seven boys and two girls.
The children are from an orphanage for HIV positive children close to the village and were admitted to the school in June. But the issue came up two days ago when parents of other children went to the school authorities and asked them to not allow the HIV positive children into the school.
The school refused to agree with the parents and tried to hold meetings with them to make them understand that HIV is not infectious.
So far, parents have refused to budge and have stopped sending their children to the school.
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