{
  "id": 2066252,
  "title": "HIV screening made mandatory before surgeries",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/hiv-screening-made-mandatory-before-surgeries",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-20T03:19:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2023995/hiv-screening-made-mandatory-before-surgeries"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "ISLAMABAD: Federal Health Minister Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday directed health officials to ensure mandatory HIV screening before all surgical procedures involving skin piercing or incisions across Pakistan, aiming to curb healthcare-associated transmission of the virus. Mr Kamal issued the directive while chairing a meeting of the Joint Working Group on HIV/AIDS at the ministry. The minister…",
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        "outlet": "Dawn - Pakistan",
        "title": "HIV screening made mandatory before surgeries across Pakistan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/hiv-screening-made-mandatory-before-surgeries-across-pakistan",
        "published": "2026-08-20T03:22:21.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}