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ART centre at Stanley Hospital

CHENNAI: The Government Stanley Hospital will open an anti-retroviral therapy centre on its premises for the benefit of north Chennai residents. The announcement was made by the hospital authorities at a function organised as part of the World AIDS Day on Monday.

Hitherto, persons approaching the hospital for the therapy were directed to the Tambaram Sanatorium.

The Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society will fund the centre, said N. Rajakumar, Head of the Department of Transfusion Medicine.

The Department, along with the Department of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, organised street plays on Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) and HIV, and on voluntary blood donation, to drive home the message that HIV could also be transmitted through blood transfusion.

In other parts of the city, street plays, inspiring talks by people living with HIV/AIDS, screening of films and meetings by Red Ribbon Clubs were organised.

At Oxford Bookstore at Nungambakkam, Noori, head of South India Positive Network, recalled her experiences. She overcame the odds by fighting the stigma attached to AIDS, she said. A Std. III dropout, a transgender and a HIV-positive, she has used the challenges to help others like her for the past 21 years.

Neelam of Sholapur in Maharashtra and Latha of Tiruchi, who also spoke at the function, said they were rejected by their families, but found a new life at Hope Foundation.

A human red ribbon campaign was held at the Madras University Union Ground, under the aegis of Rotary District 3230, by organisations working with people living with HIV/AIDS.

Ethiraj College for Women organised an awareness week from November 24. As part of the programme, the students conducted street plays in government schools at Choolaimedu and Chetpet.

A release from the college said around 30 children from SIP Memorial Home, most of whom are positive, were invited to the college on Monday for a magic show.

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