Kate O'Connell (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In real life I have had an experience of a patient who attends the HIV services in St. James's Hospital. They were supplied with their drugs there and I had no idea the man was HIV positive. He deals with me for other aspects of his life. It is none of my business, it just came up one day. My point, however, is that he genuinely set about not wanting anyone in the community setting to know that. How do we preserve that and protect it in future? That is his right. It is his belief that there is still a stigma there and it is his choice. How are we going to protect that sort of situation? Are we going to block the St. James's Hospital record from the community care person? Has the Department of Health thought this out?