Interview with chief of Hyderabad's Government General Chest Hospital + more

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Dear Forum Members,

Lives in Focus (http://www.livesinfocus.org/) has several news entries about

AIDS in India.

One is an excerpt of an interview with Dr. K. Venu, chief of

Hyderabad's Government General Chest Hospital. He treats an

unrelenting stream of patients who come to the hospital for

Tuberculosis treatment only to find that they have AIDS. Despite the

human toll he witnessed over the past decade, Dr. Venu discusses his

optimism about controlling the spread of HIV/AIDS. This can be found

at http://www.livesinfocus.org/voices/2006/04/a_glimmer_of_ho.html.

The most recent entry is an interview with Bikhshapati, a 12-year-old

who is HIV+, but full of enthusiasm about his life. This is a touching piece

that might provide some inspiration for those who are HIV+. This piece can be

found at http://www.livesinfocus.org/.

About Lives in Focus (http://www.livesinfocus.org/): Lives in Focus is a website

that is documenting the lives of Indians affected by the

AIDS epidemic and the challenges that stigmatized AIDS patients face

in India. The website also interviews activists and doctors struggling to fight

the epidemic.

The project uses video, audio and photographs to present the voices of those who

are rarely given space or time in traditional news media.

" Sandeepjun "

E-mail: <sandeep@...>