{"id":3998,"date":"2024-01-10T04:46:20","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T04:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/?p=3998"},"modified":"2024-09-22T04:55:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T04:55:33","slug":"supporting-durga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/2024\/01\/10\/supporting-durga\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting Durga"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3998\" class=\"elementor elementor-3998\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06b2e30 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"06b2e30\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-987cbcc e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"987cbcc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa9c116 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fa9c116\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Durga (name changed) escaped from her abusive, alcoholic husband when she became pregnant.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew I had to flee, to save myself and my unborn child,\u201d Durga said. What she didn\u2019t know was that her husband had infected her with HIV.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Durga, who had been married off by her parents when she was just 17, sought refuge in her father\u2019s house, about 40km outside Kolkata.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She started working as a domestic help to supplement the little her father earned working in a local shop.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A few years later she developed a skin infection.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven after months of treatment, my condition did not get better. My local doctors transferred me to the government hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tests there showed Durga was HIV positive.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the doctors explained and I finally understood, I did not want to believe it at all. Especially as my son also tested positive.\u201d Finally facing up to this life-altering diagnosis, she started treatment in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But when the pandemic hit neither she nor her father could work for long periods \u2013 which meant that Durga and her son weren\u2019t able to get the level of nutrition that people with HIV need.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hope came last year when a compassionate assistant at the hospital told Durga about Calcutta Rescue \u2013 whose leading HIV programme was pioneered by its founder Dr Jack.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So Durga came to Tala Park Clinic with her son and was given food, clothes and health education in addition to essential medications.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since then there has been a remarkable improvement in their health and overall well-being.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t thank Calcutta Rescue enough for their support. My son and I are now healthy, only because of them. 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