英国将为外来人口免费治疗艾滋病
<p><span word="Foreigners">Foreigners</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="offered">offered</span> <span word="free">free</span> <span word="treatment">treatment</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="HIV">HIV</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="NHS">NHS</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="controversial">controversial</span> <span word="plans">plans</span> <span word="backed">backed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="ministers">ministers</span>.</p><p><span word="Those">Those</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="abroad">abroad</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="failed">failed</span> <span word="asylum">asylum</span> <span word="seekers">seekers</span>, <span word="students">students</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="tourists">tourists</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="currently">currently</span> <span word="barred">barred</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="receiving">receiving</span> <span word="free">free</span> <span word="HIV">HIV</span> <span word="treatment">treatment</span> – <span word="unlike">unlike</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="infectious">infectious</span> <span word="diseases">diseases</span>.</p><p><span word="However">However</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Government">Government</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="support">support</span> <span word="proposals">proposals</span> <span word="recommended">recommended</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="peers">peers</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="the">the</span> “<span word="anomaly">anomaly</span>” <span word="and">and</span> <span word="allow">allow</span> <span word="free">free</span> <span word="treatment">treatment</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="legally">legally</span> <span word="settled">settled</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Britain">Britain</span>.</p><p><span word="Campaigners">Campaigners</span> <span word="argue">argue</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="free">free</span> <span word="treatment">treatment</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="essential">essential</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="reduces">reduces</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="risk">risk</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Britons">Britons</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="infected">infected</span> – <span word="and">and</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="treated">treated</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="HIV">HIV</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="condition">condition</span> <span word="becomes">becomes</span> <span word="serious">serious</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="life">life</span>-<span word="threatening">threatening</span>.</p><p><span word="However">However</span>, <span word="ministers">ministers</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="braced">braced</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="criticism">criticism</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="decision">decision</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="prompt">prompt</span> <span word="so">so</span>-<span word="called">called</span> “<span word="health">health</span> <span word="tourism">tourism</span>” <span word="and">and</span> <span word="put">put</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="NHS">NHS</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="financial">financial</span> <span word="pressure">pressure</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="hospitals">hospitals</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="forced">forced</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="cuts">cuts</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="typically">typically</span> <span word="costs">costs</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="to">to</span> £7,000 <span word="a">a</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="treat">treat</span> <span word="someone">someone</span> <span word="diagnosed">diagnosed</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="HIV">HIV</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="average">average</span> <span word="of">of</span> £300,000 <span word="per">per</span> <span word="patient">patient</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="lifetime">lifetime</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="disease">disease</span>.</p><p><span word="Last">Last</span> <span word="night">night</span>, <span word="Anne">Anne</span> <span word="Milton">Milton</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="health">health</span> <span word="minister">minister</span>, <span word="said">said</span>: “<span word="This">This</span> <span word="measure">measure</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="protect">protect</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="brings">brings</span> <span word="HIV">HIV</span> <span word="treatment">treatment</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="line">line</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="infectious">infectious</span> <span word="diseases">diseases</span>. <span word="Treating">Treating</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="HIV">HIV</span> <span word="means">means</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="unlikely">unlikely</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pass">pass</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="infection">infection</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="others">others</span>.”</p><p><span word="However">However</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="added">added</span>: “<span word="Tough">Tough</span> <span word="guidance">guidance</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="ensure">ensure</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="measure">measure</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="abused">abused</span>.”</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Government">Government</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="understood">understood</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="decided">decided</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="introduce">introduce</span> <span word="free">free</span> <span word="treatment">treatment</span> <span word="amid">amid</span> <span word="fears">fears</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="potential">potential</span> <span word="costs">costs</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="diagnosed">diagnosed</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="dissuading">dissuading</span> <span word="foreigners">foreigners</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="seeking">seeking</span> <span word="help">help</span>. <span word="There">There</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="estimated">estimated</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> 25,000 <span word="people">people</span>, <span word="many">many</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="whom">whom</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="foreign">foreign</span>-<span word="born">born</span>, <span word="undiagnosed">undiagnosed</span> <span word="HIV">HIV</span> <span word="sufferers">sufferers</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Britain">Britain</span>.</p>
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