Sixty-three of the Rohingya people who took shelter in Bangladesh are HIV-infected patients.
Health Minister Mohammed Nasim made the disclosure at Parliament on Wednesday.
"Now there're 4,662 HIV-infected patients in our country. Of them, 63 are from the Rohingya community," he said replying to a tabled starred question from treasury bench MP Shamsul Hoque Chowdhury (Chattogram-12).
As of October 2017, 5,586 patients were detected with HIV positive and 924 of them already died, the minister said.
Nasim said the government is now providing services to HIV-infected patients free of cost. The services include HIV test, free medicines and counselling.
Besides, different non-government organisations, national and international agencies provide services to HIV patients, he said.
The minister said the government has a plan to set up HIV Test Centres (HTC) in 23 prioritised districts, provide necessary basic trainings over HIV/AIDS and provide camp-based healthcare facilities, reports UNB.
