Train Ride to Khammam

When I was 20 years old, I traveled a lot through India by myself. I took train rides and bus rides by myself. I even took an ill-advised walk through desolate streets of Bombay by myself. I was not particularly intimidated by the travails I faced. Now that I am a decade and a half [...]

APSACS

The government rollout of ART in India is led by NACO, which works through the state AIDS contol societies. In Andhra Pradesh, this is done by APSACS. The ART Centres include Osmania General Hospital, Gandhi Hospital, Niloufer, and the Chest Hospital. Here, patients who have CD4 counts less than 200 receive free first line [...]

Back at NIMS

Tara and I left SRH for NIMS in one of the SRH vehicles. The traffic in Hyderabad is somehow better than what I remember back in September. It only took half an hour to get to NIMS. On the way, I saw the reconstruction of the flyover that collapsed the day CIT1 left Hyderabad.
At NIMS, [...]

HIV at SRH, Part 2

After our meeting with Dr. Reddy, we proceeded to the HIV wards at SRH. This has become one of my favorite activities when I visit Hyderabad. The HIV wards consist of four adjacent rooms in a one-story building near the north end of the campus. Across the dirt road is another one story building, which [...]

HIV at SRH, Part 1

Tara arrived over the weekend and today was her first day at SRH. I hired a taxi and picked her up near Bashir Bagh, at her uncle’s house. We made the one hour trip to SRH uneventfully and were taken immediately to the guest house, where she and Akanksha will be staying. The accommodations [...]