HIV patient to sue hospital over cancer op refusal (6)

"Although they can ask doctors from other hospitals to do the operation, this will mean additional medical fees for the patient," he said.

In May, another HIV-positive man from Kunming, surnamed Yang, was refused treatment for eye disease at four hospitals in Yunnan Province. He was finally accepted at a fifth hospital after a delay of 20 days, reported the Kunming Daily on May 10, 2012.

An anonymous media officer from Ditan Hospital said that although every hospital should accept HIV/AIDS patients, Ditan does not have the medical infrastructure to treat lung disease.

However, he insisted that if a hospital rejected a patient, it would be for reasons other than having HIV/AIDS.