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Liputan6.com, Denpasar: A total of 153 of the 170 patients who consulted on the disease of HIV / AIDS to the General Hospital Center for Sanglah, Denpasar, in the last five months was sentenced to suffer the deadly virus. "On average, each month approximately 19 to 37 patients come to us and claimed that the couple often changed its contracting the deadly disease," said Head of Section of Infectious Diseases Inpatient RUSP Sanglah Miswaryati dr Ida Ayu Denpasar, Monday (14 / 6).

He said the number of patients who do counseling has increased compared to last year, but deaths are relatively decreased. HIV / AIDS patients who died umummnya the productive age between the age of 20 years to 40 years.

According to him, all patients who consulted admitted sex life with multiple sexual partners or in connection with more than one person. "Around 106 people doing sexual activity with more than one person and the rest of the patients infected because their partners first disease of HIV / AIDS," he said.

Stunning, according to him, the victim died was dominated by men. Data in Sanglah Hospital during the past five months shows the nine men died in January, February five, five people in March, April and May, five people as many as seven people.

Currently there are still assuming that people with HIV / AIDS can transmit the disease to others so that they are ostracized. Consequently sufferers feel outcast from its surroundings so that they become increasingly useful life. "Though this disease can be transmitted only through sexual contact and blood," he said. (ADO / Ant)