“The Ng. family is doing well, but didn’t receive any food parcel from us this time because they were fortunate to receive one from our friends from America, Cindi and Chris, who came early December to distribute food parcels to some of our child-headed families. Instead, it was received by a young orphaned Th. Ma.,Continue reading “Parcels: Another Family Benefits”
Category Archives: Patients
No Parents to Guide
“This 22-year old female client at Mahushu area is an orphan; she lives with her 19-year old brother and her own child. They both didn’t finish school and she is HIV-positive. She is not taking well her treatment because she is not stable at home – she sleeps around and can stay almost anywhere. TheyContinue reading “No Parents to Guide”
No I.D.
This is a couple who are both HIV positive and drinking well the treatment. They do not have ID documents because they come from Swaziland. Sometimes they don’t drink the treatment because they do not have food to eat. They are staying in a one room shack [not the building behind them!]. We told themContinue reading “No I.D.”
HIV, cancer and no income
This 49-year old man from Swalala is HIV-positive and has cancer in the testicles. He drinks his treatment well, but he is suffering from severe pain where they have done the operation, and his wound is leaking. He lives alone in a two-room house, and does not get any social grant. We referred him toContinue reading “HIV, cancer and no income”
Patient Care Challenges:
Some of our clients are still mixing traditional medicine with their treatment. Some of our clients are defaulting their treatments because of not having food, but others are ignorant. Some of the clients are still in denial stage. Some of our clients are defaulting because they don’t have money to go to the clinic. Some ofContinue reading “Patient Care Challenges:”
Accidental overdose
We visited a family at Phola area. The father and son were HIV positive, and the clinic had given them 3 months treatment. They didn’t tell them how to take the treatment and they were overdosing on it. We explained the treatment to them and gave a food parcel, but they both ended upContinue reading “Accidental overdose”
Bedridden
We visited a 49 years old male client at Mthimba who is HIV and TB positive. He was bedridden, not drinking his treatment because he was using traditional herbs and he was not recovering. We called an ambulance because he was weak at the time we arrived, and he went to the hospital. They tookContinue reading “Bedridden”
Medication, medication, medication!
We visited a 35 years old female at Mthimba area; she is HIV positive and she was not drinking her treatment well. She went to the clinic, do HIV testing, and they didn’t counsel her. They just gave her HIV medication, and she was drinking it any time of the day. We have now counselledContinue reading “Medication, medication, medication!”
Defaulted on treatment
We visited a male patient aged 42. He was on ARV treatment for ten years, and then he defaulted and he became sick and weak. On arrival, he was mentally disturbed, and his brother was helping him. His feet were swollen and painful, and he was using chair to mobilize.
In denial
This is a 55-year old male client in Mahushu. He is TB and HIV-positive, and not drinking his treatment because he believes that his been witched, so he uses traditional herbs. He has been bedridden from July until now, but he is still in denial stage. He don’t want to drink his treatment. We visitedContinue reading “In denial”
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