Quarantine controversy
Critics say enforced quarantine is a violation of medical ethics and individual human rights. Health authorities say they have no choice.
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Quarantine urged for XDR-TB
People with a new deadly form of tuberculosis should be quarantined - even against their will - to prevent the disease's spread, scientists argue. |
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Should SA quarantine TB patients?
Should health workers have the right to force patients with serious infectious or contagious diseases to submit to treatment?
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TB patients up in arms
Operations are back to normal at the Sizwe Tropical Diseases Hospital in Edenvale following an amicable decision arrived at between patients and health officials. |
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XDR-TB patients face the law
The Western Cape health department says it is to take legal action to get three extreme drug-resistant TB patients back into a Cape Town hospital. |
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Why quarantine may backfire
XDR-TB patients are being kept behind fences. Is this sensible, or a crucial error in the fight against the epidemic? |
