"I feel that if a doctor refuses to treat a patient who is HIV positive, it is a crime akin to murder," said the group's co-ordinator, Meng Lin, who recounted being denied a CT scan by a Beijing doctor in September, after he told him he had AIDS.
Meng Lin, who works for the China Alliance for People Living with HIV/AIDS -- another group involved in the walk -- told AFP earlier this year one area of improvement was the nationwide availability of free antiretroviral drugs.