Tuberculosis is an insidious and a complicated disease. Six years ago I met a young man of about 30 years old who hailed from India. He presented to an Australian hospital with persistent abdominal symptoms. Eventually doctors performed investigations and found multiple lesions on the lining around his abdominal organs. Whilst awaiting results from the … More Fighting Felons
In the past year two different Spanish journalists passed through the TB Department in Kampong Cham, reporting in El Pais, one of Spain’s leading daily newspapers, about Medecins Sans Frontiere’s work. The earlier report dated 22 October 2014, “Cambodia Advances in the Fight Against Tuberculosis” by Ana Salva, is longer and more difficult to copy … More El Pais on Tuberculosis in Cambodia
Last time I gave a pseudonym to a young patient so I could refer to him easily, he died, making me reluctant to name my young friend. But she is the same 14yo with HIV and TB that I refer to in my previous entry “Observations of Poverty”. She has been with us for the … More The Anguish of AIDS
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