| ARV Centres Increasing, Dr. Phooko | |
| Three
more anti-retroviral (ARV) drug centres are ready to start operation with
another two about to be established, the Minister of Health and Social
Welfare Dr. Motloheloa Phooko, has announced.
Queen Elizabeth II in Maseru, the military hospital at Makoanyane and the Mokhotlong hospital are ready for basic treatment of HIV and AIDS patients and two other centres will be set up in Mohale's Hoek and Qacha's Nek. Dr Phooko said expansion of the
drug centres as been found necessary in view of the increasingly high
numbers of HIV and AIDS patients. This had become evident especially at the
Mafeteng and Leribe centres where the former treats about 1, 500 patients a
month and the latter about 20 a day. 17 December 2004 |
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| source: LENA |