(DR-TB) Patient Diagnose and Treatment | Sabor Gull Story

Sabor Gull is a patient on the male inpatient ward of the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) hospital in Kandahar city, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Sabor Gull came to the hospital from Naw Zad district of Helmand province with his mother, 70-year-old Wrashmina. He has been receiving treatment at the hospital for nearly five months after being referred by the Kandahar Mirwais Regional Hospital. His wife was also receiving treatment for TB at the hospital before she was able to return home.

MSB141902

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Diagnose and Treatment for Patients with Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (DR-TB) | Kandahar TB Hospital

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Unique Identifier Code / URN MSB141902

Date taken / Date Recorded 09/03/2022 12:00 AM

Country Afghanistan

Detailed location KANDAHAR

Commissioning section MSF-NETHERLANDS

Photographer / videographer / producer Lynzy Billing

Usage Rights (MSF) External Media, MSF Fundraising, MSF Publications, Social Media

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Additional Information / Shotlist MSF works in partnership with the Ministry of Public Health to diagnose and treat patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB). The project aims to ensure patients with TB have access to quality, free and effective treatment. In April 2021, MSF inaugurated the hospital, which includes a laboratory, outpatient clinic and 24-beds for inpatients suffering from DR-TB and comorbidities, and those who develop severe side effects after taking DR-TB medication. MSF also provides mental health support and undertakes health promotion activities in the hospital.

In-Patient Department

Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis