There are many diseases confronting man from times immemorial but every generation finds a treatment or cure for the maladies. One such dreaded infection is HIV/AIDS, which more than 30 years ago was considered a killer disease. However, the stigma attached to it still exists, though far fewer people are dying today because of it, as other newer diseases are taking over.
Dr. Ishwar S. Gilada, President of AIDS Society of India (ASI), was in city recently to participate in the 20th anniversary of Asha Kirana, an NGO working on AIDS. Star of Mysore Features Editor N. Niranjan Nikam caught up with this ebullient doctor at Hotel Southern Star, where he spoke about the challenges facing the doctors and the infected patients, how medicines are available now to treat them and why he gave up a Government job to fight AIDS. —Editor
