A BBC Eye Investigations documentary has found that dangerous medical malpractices continued inside the children's ward of Taunsa Tehsil Headquarters Hospital (a public facility in Punjab, Pakistan) well after the site was linked to a major HIV outbreak among local children. Covert footage gathered over several weeks in late 2025 showed nurses injecting patients through clothing, dirty syringes being handed back for reuse, and unqualified volunteers administering medicine from blood-contaminated vials — breaches that an independent infectious disease expert told the BBC carried a high risk of transmitting HIV. At least 331 children tested positive for the virus between November 2024 and October 2025, nine have since died, and new cases are still being detected; Punjab health authorities dispute that the hospital was the source of the outbreak, citing screenings and a crackdown on unregistered clinics, but the BBC's findings suggest government intervention announced in March 2025 failed to halt the unsafe practices.