There is only one way to get well after being diagnosed with Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) TB. It is to stay positive and to adhere to taking the prescribed treatment, says Siphamandla Nkukayi, an in-patient at Sizwe Hospital. Ayanda Mkhwanazi of Health-e News Service paid him a visit.
When I arrive at the hospital, I am welcomed by the voices of child in-patients at Sizwe Hospital, as they sweetly sing 'Go away TB, go away'. The hospital is the only one of its kind in Gauteng that provides treatment and management for Multi Drug Resistant (MDR) and Extremely Drug Resistant (XDR) TB. It has 266 beds. At the moment 169 patients occupy the beds. Twelve of the current in-patients are children.
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