In the picture is our 37-year male client at Swalala with a HBC nurse checking treatment. he’s not drinking well his treatment because he doesn’t have food to eat. He was trying to kill himself because he believed that his wife was the one that gave him the disease of HIV-positive. He was not adheringContinue reading “…trying to kill himself…”
Category Archives: Patients
Keep taking the tablets!
THIS is a 49-year old female client at Mthimba, with one of our care workers checking she is taking her medication. She was diagnosed HIV-positive in 2010 and she was taking well her treatment, but in 2015 she defaulted the treatment because she saw that is doing ok. She started getting weak in June 2016Continue reading “Keep taking the tablets!”
September Home Based Care – A Snapshot
ACTIVITIES We do home visits to seven areas: Cleaning and bathing if necessary; Feeding the helpless patients; Monitoring patient’s medication; DOT [Directly Observable Treatment] support to patient’s on TB treatment; Door to Door campaigns; TB screening and follow-up; HCT [HIV/AIDS Counselling and Testing] during home visits and at Masoyi Home Based Care. HOME BASED CAREContinue reading “September Home Based Care – A Snapshot”
Client visit
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Patient support in July and August
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More sickness
More from Frank & Ruthie’s final newsletter: We visited a very sick baby girl. Her granny was caring for her, as her mother was working part time. The granny was suicidal and sick on ARV’s. The baby was HIV+ as well as having TB. We drove them to the clinic and the baby was takenContinue reading “More sickness”
Mental challenges, physical challenges
More news from Frank and Ruthie’s recent visit to Masoyi: P. is a patient we apparently saw last year. He is on ARV’s [anti-retroviral medicine] and was recently in a car accident. He is on crutches and has pins in his leg. He has 2 daughters and no wife. His one daughter is mentally challengedContinue reading “Mental challenges, physical challenges”
Abandoned as a baby
From Frank and Ruthie Wey (now back in the US): X. is 18 years old with a one year old and a 2 month old. She is HIV+ and so are her children. Patricia [nurse]was very concerned as she was not taking her ARV’s properly and not administering them well to her children. She alsoContinue reading “Abandoned as a baby”
Anti-retroviral treatment
News from Frank and Ruthie: Jane is on ARV’s and was on TB treatment for some time. She had an itchy rash on her face and body. When Lorancia (nurse) checked her medications, she discovered some had expired! The workers threw them away and advised her to return to the clinic. She had no foodContinue reading “Anti-retroviral treatment”
Extract from Frank & Ruthie’s News
We visited another stroke victim in Jerusalem named Thomas. This man lived alone and could slowly shuffle along. He could speak but found it quite difficult to find words. We spent a long time with him, as the nurses were so incredibly patient listening to him. When they discovered how far he had to walkContinue reading “Extract from Frank & Ruthie’s News”
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