The experience we
had been through with MDRTB has thought us a lot of lesson. The patience,
family bonding and support and disseminating guides and information to others
who are aware of the disease but are not conscious about it. Those lesson have
not only helped us but the community also around us.
When you have the
disease, it is reported to your nearest health center, recorded also in the
city health for follow-up matters and identification for each patient.
The entire
medication program in the San Lazaro Hospital is entirely free. I remember, one
of the nurses said that the budget for a single medication can cost about
P1,000 a day per patient. And the entire medication plus the laboratory fees,
can cost up to P3 million pesos per patient. The only reminder they insisted to
us is to never missed a day of taking those meds because it means that the
patient is taking for granted the budget that is allotted to him/her.
