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A 53-year-old lorry operator has alleged that his leader dismissed him aft learning of his HIV diagnosis. The backstage firm, however, has denied the allegation.
The man, a nonmigratory of Tiruchengode, had been moving arsenic a lorry operator astatine Christy Foods successful Andipalayam, adjacent Tiruchengode. On August 9, portion connected duty, helium slipped and fell from the lorry, sustaining injuries. The institution instantly took him to a backstage infirmary successful Tiruchengode and aboriginal admitted him to a backstage infirmary successful Salem. While investigating his blood, the infirmary unit discovered that helium was HIV-positive.
“I begged the infirmary not to uncover this to anyone, peculiarly to the company. But the backstage infirmary allegedly informed my employer. The steadfast instantly removed maine from the rolls,” helium alleged.
He further alleged that the institution had antecedently dismissed 4 employees aft they were diagnosed with HIV.
The man, who has been surviving with HIV for 9 years, said helium had been employed astatine the institution for the past 8 years. “My monthly wage is ₹24,000, and I unrecorded alone,” helium said.
He added that the institution offered him ₹5,000 each period connected humanitarian grounds.
The lorry operator demanded enactment against the backstage infirmary that informed the institution astir the HIV result, and besides against the institution for unfairly dismissing him.
‘State indispensable intervene’
An activistic surviving with HIV said the State authorities should strictly instruct companies not to discriminate against employees diagnosed with HIV. “Awareness should besides beryllium fixed to each companies, and the authorities should enactment an extremity to specified societal boycotting. The State is allocating funds to make consciousness each twelvemonth but nary 1 knows whether they are spent properly,” helium claimed.
When contacted, Sanjay (who prefers to spell by his archetypal name), wide manager of Christy Foods, denied the man’s allegations and claimed that enactment was taken against the worker due to the fact that helium utilized to travel to enactment drunk. “That is wherefore we decided to disregard him. The 4 persons who were removed from enactment earlier had completed 58 years. We, however, springiness them ₹5,000 per period connected humanitarian grounds. Our institution is not discriminating against HIV-positive persons. In this lawsuit too, we offered to wage ₹5,000 per period to the worker for the remainder of his life,” Mr. Sanjay added.
The worker stated helium does not devour alcohol.
The Salem District AIDS Prevention and Control Unit officials said they would inquire into whether the backstage infirmary disclosed the accusation astir the idiosyncratic surviving with HIV to the company. As per the HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Control) Act 2017, disclosing the details of HIV-infected persons to the nationalist is banned. “We volition inquire into the incident,” the officials added.
