Controversial Niue doctor stands by HIV/Aids comments

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Updated August 22, 2008 16:32:18

Niue's director of health says his recent controversial comments about quarantining people with HIV/Aids might cost him his job. Dr Sitaleki Finau says people living with the HIV virus should be isolated, just as people used to be sent to leper colonies.

Presenter:Bruce Hill
Speaker: Dr Sitaleki Finau, Niue's director of health

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