Dr. Indira Brar, MD and Dr. Norman Markowitz, Managing Director, Infectious Disease Specialists at Henry Ford Health Systems, Detroit, US, were in Mysuru recently to participate in the HIVe Mysore-ART Update-2017 conference by Asha Kirana Charitable Hospital. Held at SDM-IMD, this was the fourth year that the HIVe international conference was organised by Asha Kirana. As part of their itinerary, Dr. Brar and Dr. Markowitz visited Asha Kirana Charitable Hospital. They were highly impressed with infrastructure, procedures and the practices followed at the hospital. They also expressed a possibility of initiating research in collaboration with Henry Ford Hospital. On behalf of Star of Mysore, Sujata Rajpal spoke to them. Excerpts:
“HIV treatment is much simpler today, it’s only a single tablet a day. Studies have shown that if one takes medication regularly, the life expectancy of an HIV infected person can be as good as anyone else.”
