NATION IN BRIEF : NEW YORK : Doctor Accused of Delay in AIDS Suit

A defense lawyer harshly criticized a doctor who claimed she caught AIDS from a contaminated needle at a public hospital, saying she waited too long to file her $175-million lawsuit. The confrontation came on the fifth day of testimony by Dr. Veronica Prego in state Supreme Court in Brooklyn. Prego, 32, is suing New York City’s Health and Hospital Corp., Kings County Hospital and two doctors for negligence and breach of confidentiality. Lawyer Stanley Friedman attacked Prego for waiting four years after she was infected before she sued.