Original report from Phnom Penh
29 November 2007
Sufferers of HIV and AIDS often go hungry or without work, as discrimination against them continues, health workers say.
Medicine and proper nutrition have become crucial to the survival of many.
"Food is difficult and making a living is also difficult, because sick people cannot work properly," said Kou Sina, director of the group Urban Poor Women's Development. "If they know she is an AIDS victim, they do not give her an opportunity. And some victims just do domestic work for others, like washing clothes, while others collect garbage."
"Sometimes there is nothing to eat," she said. "They have to wait until their kids come back from collecting garbage at 1 pm or 2 pm with 500 riel to 600 riel each. They then add this up together to buy rice and low-quality or spoiled fish."
Some patients say even if they are provided with life-sustaining medicine, they won't survive the lack of nutrition.
"When it's time to go get medicine, we barely have money to get it, and very often we are blamed for that," said one patient. "We earn just enough for daily survival."
Medicine and proper nutrition have become crucial to the survival of many.
"Food is difficult and making a living is also difficult, because sick people cannot work properly," said Kou Sina, director of the group Urban Poor Women's Development. "If they know she is an AIDS victim, they do not give her an opportunity. And some victims just do domestic work for others, like washing clothes, while others collect garbage."
"Sometimes there is nothing to eat," she said. "They have to wait until their kids come back from collecting garbage at 1 pm or 2 pm with 500 riel to 600 riel each. They then add this up together to buy rice and low-quality or spoiled fish."
Some patients say even if they are provided with life-sustaining medicine, they won't survive the lack of nutrition.
"When it's time to go get medicine, we barely have money to get it, and very often we are blamed for that," said one patient. "We earn just enough for daily survival."
4 comments:
Here, we should only assist those who contracted AIDS through no fault of their own; but we must condemn and penalized those who spread AIDS.
Any body get any idea for this major issue ,Alright! I think this time is for all the party bring up some kind of sulutions to our people that has Aid/HIV that can't afford to take care themselves.
The election is coming 2008,thank you and good luck.
*'p.o.v.'
Not quite, the one who contracted AIDS from their stupidity should died quickly. We don't want to keep them around.
Remember all parties, Sometime the person that exchange an ideas on this web page just only their kindness heart.He's not a politician party, just a simple person that love his country and his people.
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