The Hindu·4 min read·medium
Delayed aid, prolonged ordeal
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Nellore Sravani
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A tribal woman named Sandhya faces severe health and economic challenges while battling tuberculosis in a remote district of Andhra Pradesh. Her struggle highlights systemic failures in healthcare access and the delayed disbursement of government financial aid for vulnerable patients.
Sandhya, in her 40s, insists she completed every dose of medication prescribed for her tuberculosis (TB) treatment. Yet, as she sits crouched outside her mud house in a remote tribal hamlet near Paderu in Alluri Sitharama Raju district, her frail frame makes her appear decades older than her age.
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