AIDS: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) guidelines.

In the Indian context it is essential to evolve appropriate guidelines for hospital admission of persons with HIV/AIDS so as to ensure that health care services do not get overwhelmed while trying to provide care for HIV/AIDS cases and that persons with all other ailments do get due attention. AIDS patients require hospitalisation for treatment of acute pathogenic or opportunistic infections and treatment of acute life-threatening emergencies. Many will require emergency o r elective surgical intervention. Malignancies occurring in AIDS patients would require appropriate management.