Deadly TB lingers from Youth Games

Wednesday, July 02, 2014

Youth Games athlete still in Gaborone, battling deadly TB - A month after the 2nd African Youth Games ended in Gaborone, a 14-year-old boy from Congo-Brazzaville lies in quarantine at the Extension 12 TB Isolation Centre, fighting off Multiple Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB).

A representative from the Urban Development Committee, Tebogo Tshoswane, brought the matter to light on Monday when briefing the Full Council meeting about the Committee’s activities.

“It is true that there is a young boy here and nurses are facing a problem because the boy can only speak French and is not conversant with English,” he said.

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Deadly TB lingers from Youth Games

Youth Games athlete still in Gaborone, battling deadly TB - A month after the 2nd African Youth Games ended in Gaborone, a 14-year-old boy from Congo-Brazzaville lies in quarantine at the Extension 12 TB Isolation Centre, fighting off Multiple Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB).

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