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Patients In a shocking incident in Lucknow, a 45 years old farmer, his wife and son were killed by their relatives when they came to know that  they are infected with HIV positive. The farmer named, Jilajeet and his wife had tested HIV positive and regularly visited Baba Raghav Das Medical College (BRDMC) in Gorakhpur as out patients. But it added more to their woes when their only son Kallu  too was found HIV positive some time ago after he fell ill. They were left with no  money for their treatment. They were under debt and were without any source of income.

Cremation There family had excommunicated them fearing that they too will become infected if they interacted them. According to ToI they were murdered by their family members and were cremated without informing their relatives. When some of the villagers came to know the truth they informed the police who could do nothing as the bodied had been cremated and there was not anything else on the basis of which investigation can be started. Police said that during the investigation the accused has told the police that Jilajeet and his family had suicided and they cremated the bodied to avoid police investigation.

Cremation There family had excommunicated them fearing that they too will become infected if they interacted them. According to ToI they were murdered by their family members and were cremated without informing their relatives. When some of the villagers came to know the truth they informed the police who could do nothing as the bodied had been cremated and there was not anything else on the basis of which investigation can be started. Police said that during the investigation the accused has told the police that Jilajeet and his family had suicided and they cremated the bodied to avoid police investigation.

Society There are thousands of AIDS patients who have not been recognized and listed. Though government has done many efforts to give knowledge to the people about the causes and avoidance of AIDS but has not succeeded fully in its mission. On the other hand numbers of HIV patients is increasing exponentially and people don,t follow the guidelines to avoid the infection. Only well educated people have understood to avoid HIV.  Uneducated and ignorant people of remote village treat HIV patients as if they are patients of Plague. HIV patients are treated very badly in the uneducated and ignorant society. Lack of health facilities and social discrimination further increase their problems.

Medicines for the HIV are very costly and most of the people are unable to buy them. Except it people have not understood that AIDS patients can live a long life if they are treated properly. It is not the infection but the social discrimination that becomes the reason of the early end of life of HIV patients in most of the cases in India.