Private TB patients have to be treated in State
22 February 2016 - 08:15
People with tuberculosis are being sent to state hospitals for treatment because doctors in private practice are said to be unable to treat it. This is according to the CEO of the SA HIV Clinicians' Society, Lauren Jankelowitz.She said general practitioners often failed to diagnose TB and often did not know how to treat it.
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