Salvageable Adj: capable of being saved from ruin; I was shocked the first time I heard my then boss asking a PG if the patient was “salvageable”. Comparing sick people to shipwrecks didn’t seem respectful or right but before long I found myself asking the same question when dealing with a sick patient, particularity one who was very sick and needed expensive and intensive care. If the patient was not “salvageable” and there was a [...]
Compulsory HIV testing; Violating or protecting Human rights?
Compulsory HIV testing; Violating or protecting Human rights?
On October 9th the Parliamentarians’ Forum on HIV/AIDS (PFA) declared that HIV testing will be made mandatory for all pregnant women. They said that passing HIV from mother to child was a human rights violation and that for a generation that is free from HIV, this needs to be done. Making the test compulsory raises hopes as well as questions. On the positive side is the fact that if the HIV status of the mother [...]
