RE: South African BE Office?

[Mike Fortey <forteymj@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Adult HIV infection rates:
> SA	1997		12.91%
> SA	1999		19.94%
> World 1999		1.07%
> SubSah 1999		8.57%
> "Hospitals report large numbers of HIV/AIDS
> patients.  

This doesn't mean that hospitals don't take
precautions or that they are all shoddy, or that they
do not screen. There are a lot of wealthy people in SA
who pay for good medical attention in good hostpitals
and are just as worried about HIV as you - possibly
moreso. There are a lot of good doctors in SA too.
There is a lot of foot & mouth disease in England at
the moment; does this mean that we don't take any
precautions against it?

> In Durban, 40 percent
> of adult inpatients at King Edward VII Hospital in
> 1997 were admitted with
> HIV/AIDS-related conditions."

Hmmm. Strange figure. What was the source? I'm curious
as to why a hospital would have an intake for HIV/AIDs
related conditions that is so high. I would imagine
that a reporter is failing to report the whole picture
here in some way. And why name a particular hospital
above others? I'd be highly suspicious that this was a
special case for some reason: it specialised in HIV
cases, was in a very poor neighborhood, or is perhaps
not a hospital, but a hospice. Anyone have the
time/inclination to do some research?

> I'd say it *should* be a concern for any
> organization planning to operate in
> the area.

HIV should be a concern anywhere, to be honest. The
general public seems to have almost forgotten about it
again.



Mike

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