Fresh investigations by the ‘Times’ have it that Atswei Pat, the 28-year-old AIDS victim, who minutes before her death disclosed that she had infected 39 men with the virus, had infected more people with the virus at Chorkor, a suburb of Accra.

This was made known by a close friend of the deceased’s aunt with whom she stayed at Chorkor. Pat, according to the informant had about 14 boyfriends during her short stay with the aunt. That, she said, was because of Atswei’s profession as a sex worker in the area during her stay. She disclosed that currently, one of Atswei’s sex worker friends is seriously ill and is suspected to be carrying the AIDS virus

It is believed that the number of people Atswei infected with the disease far exceeds the 39 people disclosed at Teshie. The source disclosed that, when the news about Atswei’s death broke out, fear gripped most of her numerous lovers at Chorkor.

‘Times’ investigations showed that, four of Atswei Pat’s former lovers have left the Teshie township to avoid being stigmatised.

Another victim, the paper spoke to had taken to serious drinking. He readily admitted in tears that, he had had several sexual relations with Atswei on very cheap terms and recalled fighting with three boys over Atswei at a ‘gbonyo party’ (funeral service party) at Teshie.

At Chorkor, a few of Atswei’s lovers mostly fishermen, identified to the ‘Times’, could not be traced. In the latter part of her life, Atswei was said to have lived in Abidjan with her first husband before returning home to live with her aunt.

It is recalled that about a month ago Atswei Pat, minutes before her death, told members of her family that she had infected about 39 men with the AIDS virus. The disclosure came after all efforts to heal her of the suspected spiritual sickness proved futile. When the ‘Times’ broke the story, the whole Teshie township went almost ‘dead’ with some of the known boyfriends of Atswei, wearing pale faces and robbed of their happiness.