ART centres of RIMS, JNIMS gheraoed
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 24 2012:
Affected by the ongoing cease-work stir of the peripheral staff of MACS, people living with HIV, who are dependent on ART drugs for survival have gheraoed ART Centres at RIMS and JNIMS today demanding ARV.
It may be mentioned that people living with HIV have not been administered their daily dose of ART since the peripheral staff of MACS were on ceasework stir since March 20 .
The protestors displayed placards reading, 'Provide us ARV,' 'Our lives are not plaything,' 'We are human,' 'Don't exploit our rights to life and rights to treatment,' during their protest.
At RIMS, protesters held sit-in demostration in front of the RIMS' OPD counter.
A protester admitted that he had not taken ART drug for three days.
He appealed all concerned not to violate the rights to life of as many as 10,000 people living with HIV and are dependent on ART.