Patient's Stories
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Patient's Stories
Read accounts from patients who have received MSF medical care and want to share their story:
Kyrgyzstan: "Patience, Patience, Patience and don't lose hope"
Ruslan is returning to prison, but this time it is as a free man. He is part of a community volunteer programme which supports patients suffering from multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis. Here is describes how difficult his own treatment was and why this new programme is so important.
CONGO: Teen kidnap victims
Read three testimonies from Antoine, Michel and Pierrette, all under 17 years old, currently being treated by MSF in Haut-Uélé, Congo (DRC). Each has survived kidnapping by the LRA.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC): Survivors of a horrific attacks tell their story
An MSF team airlifted three survivors of a horrific attack that had in a small village near Bangadi in the Haut Uélé district in north-eastern Congo (DRC). This is their story.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC): "25 slashes for breakfast"
Medical aid, food, shelter and sanitation are all essential to assist victims of this violence. Yet this is only one part of the healing people require. Living in persistent terror of attack, many refugees are completely traumatised. MSF teams try to address this through specific mental health projects for those affected by violence, including women and children who escaped abduction. Listen some of the testimonies.
ZIMBABWE: "I thought I was going to die.”
In Murwira Clinic, southeastern Zimbabwe, Dennis Taronga is receiving anti-retroviral therapy (ARVs) with the help of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). This is his story.
GUINEA: Patient Initiative in Guéckédou HIV Project
Sia and Fanta are HIV positive and are volunteers for a local NGO in Guéckédou. They spend most of their time taking care of unaccompanied HIV patients. Watch their story.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Témoignage
In Dungu hospital, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is treating an injured woman who was a Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) prisoner for eleven months. This is her story.
SRI LANKA: Patient Portraits
Five year old R. lies asleep on the hospital bed. His eight year old sister lays her head on the bed and stares blankly ahead of her. The little boy is sufering from a gunshot wound in his leg. A dressing has been tightly wrapped around it......
LESOTHO: HIV Diaries
In the "Mountain Kingdom" of Lesotho, landlocked by South Africa on all sides, life expectancy is a little over 35. Over 23% of the population live with HIV and tuberculosis is rife. Many live in poverty and many are isolated because of the stigma of HIV/AIDS.
