"Portraits" (by Chhandak Pradhan)

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Children of Durbachati village in Patharpratima block which according to the workers of Sundarban Social Development Centre (SSDC) is the remotest and most backward in the region.

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Children of Durbachati village in Patharpratima block which according to the workers of Sundarban Social Development Centre (SSDC) is the remotest and most backward in the region.
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Navy, 33 developed a pain in her trachea and started coughing blood. She was diagnosed with TB and has been receiving medication since 2 months. She has a son and is afraid of infecting her child.

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Navy, 33 developed a pain in her trachea and started coughing blood. She was diagnosed with TB and has been receiving medication since 2 months. She has a son and is afraid of infecting her child.
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21 year old Sabina Bibi lives in Gobindopurabab village on Brajaballabhpur island in Sunderbans, India. She has been married to 23 year old Nojrul Halder for eight years. The muslim couple have two children- daughter Najima Khatun (age 5) and son Sajid Halder (age 3). Sabina's home is about 15 minutes away from the brick road from which they can hail a motor-van. One has to walk through ankle deep mud to get to the brick road. From there it is about 45 minutes to the nearest jetty. However left at the mercy of the tides, the villagers have no guarantee of a boat once they reach the jetty. If all goes well, after crossing the river it is another 45 minutes to the nearest primary health centre. Sabina's third child was a boy who was born with a breathing problem. The morning after his birth they spent Rs 300 ($6) to hire a van to take the baby to a doctor in the market. After four days and twenty injections later, the market doctor referred the baby to a doctor in Kakdeep. The baby died on fourth day in Kakdeep. The family spent Rs 2500 ($50) on transport, medicine and doctor's fee. Sabina says "Since transport takes so much money, we moved the baby on fourth day. If we had taken him to the doctor in Kakdeep two days before perhaps he would be alive." "If there was a medical boat we would take the baby for our own interest. We would try to save him" Sabina adds.

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21 year old Sabina Bibi lives in Gobindopurabab village on Brajaballabhpur island in Sunderbans, India. She has been married to 23 year old Nojrul Halder for eight years. The muslim couple have two children- daughter Najima Khatun (age 5) and son Sajid Halder (age 3). Sabina's home is about 15 minutes away from the brick road from which they can hail a motor-van. One has to walk through ankle deep mud to get to the brick road. From there it is about 45 minutes to the nearest jetty. However left at the mercy of the tides, the villagers have no guarantee of a boat once they reach the jetty. If all goes well, after crossing the river it is another 45 minutes to the nearest primary health centre. Sabina's third child was a boy who was born with a breathing problem. The morning after his birth they spent Rs 300 ($6) to hire a van to take the baby to a doctor in the market. After four days and twenty injections later, the market doctor referred the baby to a doctor in Kakdeep. The baby died on fourth day in Kakdeep. The family spent Rs 2500 ($50) on transport, medicine and doctor's fee. Sabina says "Since transport takes so much money, we moved the baby on fourth day. If we had taken him to the doctor in Kakdeep two days before perhaps he would be alive." "If there was a medical boat we would take the baby for our own interest. We would try to save him" Sabina adds.
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A patient suffering from Multi Drug Resistant TB at the Drug Resistant TB ward of Siem Reap Provincial Referral Hospital. The treatment for the multi-drug resistant form of the disease is extremely costly, and patients must follow a strict regime for two years and suffer side effects including severe nausea. What's more, there is no guarantee that MDR-TB can be cured

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A patient suffering from Multi Drug Resistant TB at the Drug Resistant TB ward of Siem Reap Provincial Referral Hospital. The treatment for the multi-drug resistant form of the disease is extremely costly, and patients must follow a strict regime for two years and suffer side effects including severe nausea. What's more, there is no guarantee that MDR-TB can be cured
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