(MENAFN- The Peninsula) A court in Uganda yesterday upheld the conviction for criminal negligence of a HIV-infected nurse who inserted a needle into a two-year-old child after pricking herself, but ordered she be given early release from prison.
The case has sharply divided Ugandans, with some newspapers branding 64-year-old Rosemary Namubiru a "killer nurse" and accusing her of knowingly trying to infect the patient, but HIV/AIDS activists asserting she is a victim of growing stigmatisation.
The child has not tested positive for HIV.
The nurse was sentenced to three years in prison and has so far spent nearly a year behind bars. Her lawyer said efforts to overturn the conviction would continue.
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