Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 2005. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.
Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 2005. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.
Reuters NewMedia - December 23, 2005
Libya has sentenced to death by firing squad five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor for infecting 426 children with HIV in a hospital in the Mediterranean port of Benghazi. About 50 of the infected children have died.
"The international fund will be set up to support the families in Benghazi as part of the international efforts for finding an acceptable to all parties decision to the situation, following the tragic HIV outbreak in Benghazi," Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Libya has suggested verdicts could be quashed if the children and their families receive ample humanitarian aid.
The decision for the fund was reached on Dec. 21 and 22 in Tripoli, the ministry said.
The fund will raise and coordinate the distribution of financial and other aid for the families of the infected children. It will also provide medical treatment for the infected children and help modernise the Benghazi hospital.
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