Re: 2nd line ARV drugs: Ray of hope for 5,000 HIV+ people

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Dear Forum,

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Thanks a lot to Government of India for their ever-greatest upcoming

World AIDS Day's commitment towards protection of ongoing most

neglected treatment issue as a citizen living with HIV in 2nd line

ART for last two years.

Although, " Ray of hope " very confusingly sound any real hope to me

according to the statement by our Union Health Secretary Mr. Naresh

Dayal, " Only those patients, who have been on first-line drugs in

NACO's ART centers and have become resistant, will be eligible for

second-line. "

As I never got any sort of 1st line or 2nd line free ART support

from our Government till now, may be for the reason that when I

started my 1st line ART in 2000, there was no provision for free ART

in Government hospitals, again when I started 2nd line ART, then our

Government just started free 1st line ART support.

Although from the very beginning I am under the treatment of Government

Hospital, which is currently one Government ART Center, but I am currently

getting my 2nd line ARD from AIDS Healthcare Foundation India, without any life

long support security.

There are many more friendsof mine on 2nd line ART in same position like me.

May I ask our Honorable Union Health Minister of India Dr. Ramadoss

about upcoming Government commitment for social security of the

citizens like me?

(Although I experienced many times earlier that Ministers/Government Officials

least bother to give any answer to others or me and may not give any answer to

this!)

I am really very afraid, because still now Rajasthan Network for

People Living With HIV/AIDS (RNP+) has not been withdrawn their

Hunger Strike on upcoming World AIDS Day!

Last NACO newsletter tried to justify their current surprising

sentinel surveillance report as hands on support of successful AIDS

CONTROL in India, but the staffs of ICTC Centers are whispering and

overloading day by day with up going numbers of detection!

In solidarity,

Snehansu Bhaduri

e-mail: Snehansu.bhaduri@...

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Dear FORUM,

Re: 2nd line ARV drugs: Ray of hope for 5,000 HIV+ people. How about those who

were on ARV even before govt started rolling out free drugs through ART

Centers?.

This is pure injustice-Minister, Sir.

Not only that how about those who became resistant while on treatment from ART

centers and switched to second line under care of less competent doctors

outside Govt. set up.

HIV does not discriminate from where you get drugs. Hope better sense will

prevail earlier than late on all those who matter

Dr.Rakesh Bharti,

--

Rakesh Bharti MD,AAHIVS,

HIV specialist Designate of American Academy of HIV Medicine

BDC Research center,

27-D,Sant Avenue, The Mall, Amritsar.

Punjab,INDIA143001.

TEl-91-183-2277822;91-183-2278522

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