Editorial

INFECTED WITH TB Health care worker’s regret

Professional VCT counsellor and nutritionist Hannah Wambui Mburu was so passionate about her work with HIV and TB patients that she overlooked the ABC of safety of health care workers.

  • PublishedSeptember 6, 2011

Professional VCT counsellor and nutritionist Hannah Wambui Mburu was so passionate about her work with HIV and TB patients that she overlooked the ABC of safety of health care workers. This nearly cost her dear life after she contracted TB of the spine. She narrated her painful experience to MWAURA MUIGANA.

Hannah Wambui Mburu is articulate and strikes a confident note from the onset. Tastefully dressed in a skirt suit, beautiful shoes and an expensive-looking leather handbag to match, she insists on writing down her name for me. When the interview starts, Hannah appears distracted as she sits staring straight ahead of her, seemingly oblivious of my presence. Subscribe here for more.

 

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