Re: Kerala: AIDS patient is in chain for the last two years

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Dear FORUM,

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This is a shocking news. Kerala is celebrating as 100 % litrecy, and such things

are still happening in kerala. Can any of our team members can post the article

?

Arun Menon

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Arun Menon. M.P.H, M.S.W.

Health Care Manager

[Guest guest]

Dear AIDS-India,

Re: /message/11156

If this is the state of affairs in the supposedly most progressive state in

India after nearly 25+ of the discovery of the HIV retrovirus, it should shame

all representatives of that state.

Thank you,

Sincerely yours,

Priyadarshi Datta, PLWHA.

e-mail: <pdatta@...>

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Dear FORUM,

If this is true, it needs to be investigated and strict action taken against the

people who are perpetrating this cruelty.

The man urgently needs to be rescued.

Bharathi Ghanashyam

E-MAIL: <bharathiksg@...>

[Guest guest]

Dear Forum members,

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Sure, it is painful and shocking. It does not have much to do with literacy or

education.

It is the question of mind set. And, mindset, as we all know,

is linked with socio-cultural questions. It points towards the serious

lacunae in the IEC programmes of the State.

I too am a Keralite and I had been part of the HIV/AIDS programme initiatives of

the State, though currently I am living outside Kerala.

Issues of stigma and discrimination used to be strongly there in Kerala and this

is the latest in the series. It is yet another strong reminder to all of us who

are concerned about the programme and the cause of PLHIVs

Abraham Mathew

e-mail: <abm.mathew@...>

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Dear All,

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There is a paradoxical situation for many things in kerala. High literacy and

modern values on one side and feudal values and herd feeling on the other, exist

together.

Here, the parents or family have put the person in the chain. And also it is

mentioned that the person had some bad behaviour before.

It indicates the misunderstanding about human rights prevailed in

our society. It often happens like this. If a person did a crime or

sometimes, if other people think he did a crime, any violation to his right

would get justified.

This is the mindset constructed by primitive consciousness, a herd like feeling.

People take law in their hands. Here, one more thing I see. The parents consider

the person as their property and their sole responsibility to change him or

whatever, as if state or society

do not have any role. I am not accusing that particular family; they just carry

the societal values.

Regards

Dr.Jayasree.A.K

e-mail- akjayasree@...

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Dear Jayasree ,

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Is it because we don't have a proper social security system to fall back on?

Do we have a system ( other than prisons and orphanages) to help people with

mental health problems, personality problems etc

(Kerala) being a ' developed society " we are intolerant to any thing of this

sort which other communities used to accept part of the society.

So it is time we people i n kerala develop a social security and support

policy and integrate it with the existing system.

Dr Ajith

Trichur

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Dr Ajithkumar.K

Asst Professor In Dermatology and Venereology

Medical college Chest Hospital

MG Kav,Trichur, Kerala ,India

Ph 04872333322 (res)

9447226012

e-mail: <ajisudha@...>

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Dear forum,

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Detaining a positive person in Kerala is a big concern for us. It is like al the

PLHA are being blamed.

If the persons is HIV positive so what? Is he is not a human being?

He is suffering from stigma and discrimination. This is shame for all of us.

Its not only the matter of Kerala alone, it is the matter of concern for whole

country.

It is a bad impression of our culture and our humanity. This is dangerous for

PLHIV persons.

We should try to do all the efforts to make the situation of this person better.

Regards

Gopal Gaur

Vice President

BNP+ Varanasi

Contact no. – 9648737365

E-mail ID – bnpupnp@...

[Guest guest]

Dear Ajith and others,

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Hope the social security mission in Kerala may take up the issue, if any of the

positive network or their supportive NGOs demand it.

With hope

Dr. Jayasree. A.K

e-mail: <akjayasree@...>

[Guest guest]

Dear Forum,

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This is utterly shameful and degrading on the part of human behaviour.

People are still living in the prehistoric age and have no concern for

the human values.

Does Kerala SACS has anything to say about this shameful incident?

" Eternally "

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