By Kamal | ALN Coordinator
Madhu* is just 25 years old, and from a rural part of Nepal. For many years he has had a problem with his body not producing enough blood. He was recently admitted to hospital in Kathmandu in connection with this.
Madhu is also living with HIV. When he was in hospital they needed to give him blood and do extra tests and he did not have enough money, AIDSLink Nepal was able to help him. After he was discharged from the hospital he needed to stay in Kathmandu for an observation period and to undergo further tests so he stayed at the AIDSLink Care Center.
Staying at the care centre helped in him in many ways, firstly he could not afford to rent a room (having spent all his money getting to Kathmandu and getting medication and tests at the hospital), his other option would have been sleeping rough or taking a loan at an exorbitant rate. Having accommodation at the care centre meant he had a clean bed and good food. Another benefit of staying there was that the team was able to counsel him about how to live a good, healthy life – even with HIV.
He returned home encouraged and the team is regularly following up with him. He is doing well on his anti-retroviral medication.
*Name changed
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