An adolescent girl dies of HIV infection

Kathmandu : An adolescent girl died of HIV-AIDS in Rajbiraj of Saptari on Sunday evening.

Amaiya Dhami, 16, of Rajbiraj municipality-1, Chanaura died while undergoing treatment at Gajendra Narayan Singh Hospital, informed medical superintendant of the hospital, Dr Ranjeet Jha.

She was admitted to the hospital two weeks ago after her health condition worsened all of a sudden.

It may be noted that the adolescent girl had lost her parents due to HIV infection some nine years ago, Jha added.