A government facility, THQ Taunsa Hospital in Taunsa, Punjab, Pakistan, has been filmed repeatedly reusing syringes in breach of basic infection control rules, even as senior officials publicly denied that unsafe practices were taking place during a major child HIV outbreak that has affected hundreds of families in the region.
The footage, recorded by BBC Eye in late 2025, comes amid ongoing concern over 331 confirmed child HIV cases in Taunsa between November 2024 and October 2025. Multiple children later tested positive for HIV, including patients with no known alternative source of infection.
