Illegal immigrant at massage parlor diagnosed with AIDS before death
An illegal immigrant massage parlor worker was diagnosed with AIDS two days before her death on April 3. gettyimagesbank
By Dong Sun-hwa
An illegal immigrant in her 40s, who worked at a massage parlor in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, was diagnosed with AIDS just days before she died of pneumonia and other complications April 3.
The woman was hospitalized March 26 and diagnosed with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) April 1, according to the public health centers in Pohang, Tuesday.
She reportedly visited Seoul and Busan for treatment.
Police investigated the massage parlor and its customers. But health officials and police are struggling to establish how many people she had sexual contact with.
A search of her rented house turned up nothing, not even a rental contract.
“People should get a checkup if they suspect they are infected,” the head of the Pohang City Namgu Health Center was quoted as saying. “Their identities are protected. Their health conditions could rapidly deteriorate without antiretroviral injections to treat AIDS.”