My wife died 17 months ago from AIDS. She contracted HIV while giving birth by caesarian section at a Thai hospital. My son and I, who now live in Canada, did not contract the virus; we've been tested three times each, most recently 6 months ago.

I am writing this now as it came up on another thread and I'm fed up dealing with the hospital in question, a reputable, private hospital a friend recommended. If you want more specific details, PM me.

Suffice to say her family was ready to kill me when they found out, but fatalistically accepted her fate after I'd been poked and jabbed repeatedly without success. Things didn't exactly end on the best of terms. At least my wife and I saw her death coming. We were all with her at the end when she refused further treatment (a tracheotomy). She hugged all of us that afternoon and died the next morning.

I've been in contact with the hospital, which conducted an investigation which unsurprisingly absolved themselves of all responsibility. They claimed they never gave her blood products. I find that hard to believe. I'm willing to publish our medical statement which they claim does not include blood products.

In any case my wife wasn't having an affair; she was pregnant and then after my son's birth taking care of him at home. That's the sad thing: we never knew she was sick. If we had, she might still be with us, getting proper treatment, and suing the f*cking hospital. I can't sue them from Canada. My plan now is to make a website featuring the hospital in question quite prominently. I hope they try and sue me. I would love nothing more than the publicity.

The point is that:
  • if you're going to have surgery make sure you have a stock of your own blood ready
  • if you've had surgery in Thailand you should get yourself tested
Contamination of blood products still happens across SEA, China and India; in fact I have emails from said hospital admitting just that, which I'm now willing to make public on the website I mentioned, including copies of my most recent HIV tests. The blood supply is not foolproof.

Moreover, should this happen to you:
  • no-one will believe you
  • you won't be able to prove anything
  • you may inadvertantly infect a loved one
I did not contract the virus, which strenthens my case. As for my wife, one does not test negative for HIV and then die of AIDS 21 months later for no reason.

I have tried contacting the Thai Red Cross and the Ministry of Health and received no response. Not surprising; they don't want to address this issue in writing in any shape, manner or form.

If you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer them. I brought this up before on the ajarn forum and got flamed. I can't remember if I mentioned it here; if I did, sorry to bring it up again.

I'm not looking for expressions of sympathy or anything, it's just important to make this public again at this stage as I'm now completely sure.

That's what Sopine would have wanted.

I'll post some pictures from my work computer tomorrow.