Baragwanath Hospital AZT Protest

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Baragwanath Hospital AZT Protest - short speeches
Placard: Non-Aids Only Beach
All female group singing in front of hospital wearing HIV t-shirts
[00:04:13] Bara Dr McIntyre - 1 in 4 pregnant women who come here are HIV positive, their
children 30%-40% will be positive - out of 10 women, four of their kids will be positive.
[00:04:14] Dr Glenda Grey - where is the government, where is Dr Liz Floyd Head of HIV in
Gauteng, shows that they don't care. Today 3 children will be born with HIV in this
hospital, 4000 children each year. Must stop, there is a vaccine, called AZT. Why is
government not giving it to us? Must demand Pharma to give it to us for free. I'm sick and
tired of seeing children dying!
GVs Zackie in crowd

[00:08:12] Mark Heywood - if we don't fight nobody will fight. Have a petition, asked to meet
with President. Ask them not to go ahead with pilot project, want to help you with support.
Second is - many treatments for HIV/AIDS, people don't know about them, we are saying
make these known and available. American friend asked why did Simon Nkoli die? They said
less and less people in US are dying because treatment is available at hospitals, numbers in
US of those dying of HIV dropped by 50%. Yet in Africa last 5500 died everyday. We are
being allowed to die. Small in numbers but massive support - NUMSA, SANGOCO.
Campaign being watched all over the world. Switzerland, Australia, Norway. SADEC
countries also looking at us as an example. Deaths must stop. Marching on 16 June.