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Impoverished
/ Exiled
| Husband
died of AIDS, leaving her to support 3 children
as a flower seller |
When
she became sick herself, she lost work
- Was on the brink of survival
- She was haunted by the fear that she would
not have enough food for her children |
| She
wanted to commit suicide, but did not for fear
over her children’s future |
Her
neighbors and family rejected her; she felt
completely alone
- Her 2nd daughters marriage was negatively
affected |
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Economic
Uplift
She
now works regularly as a flower-seller
- She did not turn to prostitution to
increase her income as her neighbors had
urged her to do |
| She
is now confident that she can support
her family and see them through a good
education |
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Psychological
Uplift
|
She
considers the Gandeepam staff as her
friends
|
|
She
feels less estranged from society
|
| She
is no longer worried about her future
and that of her children
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Intimate
Patient / Doctor Relationship
She said that the Gandeepam doctors
treated her a sense of compassion and
closeness that uplifted her spirits
and helped her to recover from the dejection
she felt upon being rejected by neighbors
and family.
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