Thu, 18 Jan 2018 10:04:58 +0000 By ANNIE ZULU “THE result of my HIV test suddenly changed my status to unworthy of basic medical treatment,” says 37-year-old HIV positive Lucy Kabwe. Lucy, of Lusaka’s Chawama Compound was pregnant for her first child last year and when her time was up, she was rushed to a public hospital to deliver her baby. Unfortunately, her labour did not progress as expected and doctors decided to carry a caesarean section on her. Luck, however eluded Lucy when the hospital found out that she was HIV positive. She lamented that the zealot medical team that was determined to save her life started giving excuses and the plain lie was that there was no doctor to attend to her. “This made me feel bad, for a moment I felt as if I was not a human being anymore. They made me feel dirty and untouchable. The result of my test […]
