Norman Magaya is an MSF mental health nurse working with the discharge team at Harare Central Hospital Psychiatric unit. He joined MSF in 2008 and worked for the Gweru and Gokwe projects before joining the Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison and Harare Central Hospital mental health teams.
When I was 23-years old I had to move to Matibi Mission hospital in Mwenezi. They told me I would have to live in isolation so I would not infect other people with my disease.
When I was told that I had multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and that I had to come back to the clinic for medication, I refused to come at first because I did not want to take some more me
I KNOW that Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is handing over its activities to Zimbabwean authorities by the end of the year. That makes me a little bit worried.
Finally, I was discharged from Chireya Mission hospital last month as I completed the intensive phase of my drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) treatment.
This is my last month on multi drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) treatment, having started taking these drugs on 13 July 2012, I can vividly remember that day as if it was yesterday.
