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MESSAGES OF HOPE AND STRENGTH
“ I live in USA and work in the healthcare field. Personally I have been
diagnosed with tuberculosis. The way my case was handled by my state government
was very appreciable. They not only treated me but tested the entire family who
could have been in close contact with me. All the treatment testing and meds for the
entire family and three more families that possibly could have been exposed to TB by
me was given for free. I’d like to say that TB is a simple bacterial infection and is
easily curable with prompt medication intake.
” - Mili
“
I am a business owner in the US and 16 years back, an employee who was only
21 years old and had just come from India came down with a chronic cough and
fever. OTC treatments did not work. I had a 6-month-old and a 5-year-old in the
house. He did not have any medical insurance so I took him to the health department
and had him take the TB test. He came back positive. I immediately took him to the
hospital and the lung X-ray showed nothing but a black spot.
When they did a biopsy the outer wall burst open and his TB spread all over. He was
isolated in the ICU unit. Thereafter I took care of him there and for another 2 years at
home. All treatment was paid by my husband and me. Today he runs his own
business and is healthy. This show sent me back on that journey we took.
- Manan Patel ”
USA
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“ I live in USA and work in the healthcare field. Personally I have been
diagnosed with tuberculosis. The way my case was handled by my state government
was very appreciable. They not only treated me but tested the entire family who
could have been in close contact with me. All the treatment testing and meds for the
entire family and three more families that possibly could have been exposed to TB by
me was given for free. I’d like to say that TB is a simple bacterial infection and is
easily curable with prompt medication intake.
” - Mili
“
I am a business owner in the US and 16 years back, an employee who was only
21 years old and had just come from India came down with a chronic cough and
fever. OTC treatments did not work. I had a 6-month-old and a 5-year-old in the
house. He did not have any medical insurance so I took him to the health department
and had him take the TB test. He came back positive. I immediately took him to the
hospital and the lung X-ray showed nothing but a black spot.
When they did a biopsy the outer wall burst open and his TB spread all over. He was
isolated in the ICU unit. Thereafter I took care of him there and for another 2 years at
home. All treatment was paid by my husband and me. Today he runs his own
business and is healthy. This show sent me back on that journey we took.
- Manan Patel ”
USA
27
