She said that last year, 568 out of 2,105 patients, including 44 women and 524 men were admitted by the center with diagnosis of drug addiction.
According to the department chief, all patients are being treated with diagnosis of HIV/ AIDS, as well as hepatitis B and C infections and syphilis: “In 2012, blood samples of 2239 patients registered at republic, city and regional drug treatment centers were examined with a diagnosis of HIV, 32 infection cases were confirmed.”