KUTINA TOWN COUNCIL DISCUSSES CASE OF HIV-POSITIVE GIRL

KUTINA, Sept 18 (Hina) - The Kutina Town Council on Thursday discussed the case of HIV-positive girl Ela, who has been enrolled in the town's primary school "Stjepan Kefelja", and concluded that the government should solve the case urgently in line with European practice. #L# Nine of Ela's classmates have been transferred to another class in the same school, while 30 other have been temporarily transferred by their parents to three other primary schools in Kutina. She has been attending classes with only one pupil. The councillors dismissed accusations that Kutina is an undemocratic, intolerant and xenophobic town. They voiced their sympathy for Ela, as well as with the parents of other school children who they claim had been presented with an accomplished fact when Ela enrolled the Kutina school two days before the start of the school year. The Ministry of Health and the Zagreb clinic for infectious diseases "Fran Mihaljevic" this week organised a lecture on HIV for about a hundred residents of Kutina. (hina) rml