Newborn may be HIV positive after mother not told test results

An investigation has found that a hospital in Sichuan province neglected its duty when it failed to inform a pregnant woman she had tested positive for HIV and syphilis.

The mother, identified only as Zeng for privacy reasons, first learned of the diagnosis the day after she delivered her daughter at Yibin Women's and Children's Hospital on Feb 21.

She was also told that, as she had received no treatment or interventive medicine during pregnancy, the conditions may have been transmitted to her child.