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Treating And Preventing Tuberculosis

A listener's TB question, an Indian torture survey, how children can have fun in hospital

A listener's TB question, an Indian torture survey, how children can have fun in hospital. A listener in China asks how to help her mother and brother who have tuberculosis, an infection of the lungs. A doctor explains how dangerous TB is and the most effective way to avoid it and how to treat it, long term use of antibiotics. Also a look at torture around the world and the shocking results of a survey which shows that Indian doctors may be colluding in the torture of patients.

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24 minutes

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This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project