Court upholds guilty verdict for health official over AIDS death

Court upholds guilty verdict for health official over AIDS death

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Supreme Court said March 4 it has upheld a suspended prison sentence for Akihito Matsumura (file photo), a former senior health ministry official who was convicted for failing to prevent the use of HIV-contaminated blood products in the 1980s that resulted in the death of a patient. The court decision put an end to more than 11 years of criminal investigations and trials linked to the outbreak of HIV caused by the contaminated blood products. (Kyodo)

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