Re: death sentence confirmed for the Bulgarian nurses
"On Dec. 6, too late for use in the trial, Nature magazine published an analysis of HIV and hepatitis virus samples from the children. Using changes in the genetic information of HIV over time as a "molecular clock," analysts concluded the virus was contracted before the six defendants arrived at the hospital — perhaps even three years before."
I think it would be hard to prove when exactly the HIV was transmitted. Libya isn't exactly a foreign friendly country. And it isn't known for it's human rights and pristine hospitals. I've heard nurses that went there say that a patient's family member had to buy gloves for the nurses - if they had the money. Also, you bring your own bed or you sleep on the floor.
Makes me (almost) think twice before going to a foreign country as a missionary nurse. Scary. Not a good way to get more foreign nurses into your country to help other AIDS patients.
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That's pretty sad. I don't know all the facts, but it kind of sounds like the nurses and the doctor are innocent. That's the thanks they get for helping in another country.
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