May 2001 Vol.4, No. 4

Contents Doctor's Firsthand Account of South African AIDS Crisis   by Cecil E. Maranville French Intellectuals See Germany as Potential Threat    by Joel Meeker Reversal of Fortune for Two African Nations    by Melvin Rhodes To Tell the Truth    by Darris McNeely In Brief...World News Review    by Cecil E. Maranville, Ken Martin and Darris McNeely This is the Way...What's on the Front Page of Your Mind?    by Robin Webber Doctor's Firsthand Account of South African Aids Crisis "Then it hit me, 'I'm playing God,' " writes a doctor treating AIDS patients in South Africa. Read the doctor's emotional account of the horrors of the unending calamity. by Cecil E. Maranville Due to the shockingly candid details given, the doctor has asked that we delete any comments that might reveal the author's identity. Warning: What you are about to read is extremely distressing. South Africa, February 2001-"The main reason I can't wait to get out of here is that my personality is suddenly altering. They say it's called, 'becoming a doctor.' In South Africa, that means your main emotion when a patient dies is relief. "The AIDS down here is becoming alarming. Most of our beds are filled with HIV+ (HIV positive) patients. They talk about the 'package deal' down in the emergency department. An extremely skinny patient comes in, coughing, complaining of tiredness. On examination, they have oral thrush, often so bad that even their lips are covered with a white fungus, as it climbs out of their mouths. And immediately, you know that they have HIV, TB and oral candidiasis. Read the full article at www.wnponline.org/wnp/wnp0105/theway0105.htm Related Information on UCG Sites: Table of Contents that includes "Doctor's Firsthand Account of South African Aids Crisis" Other Articles by Cecil Maranville South Africa: _World News Review September/October 2000 _World News Review February 2004 _World News Review June 2008 _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - Sep/Oct 1997 _World News and Trends - Jan/Fen 2000 _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - Nov/Dec 2000 _World News and Trends - May/June 2006 _World News and Trends - November/December 2006 _World News and Trends - September/October 2007 _Christian Leadership Should be Y2K Compatible AIDS: _World News Review August 1998 _World News Review August 1999 _10 Million Orphans - an AIDS Holocaust in Africa _World News Review Dec 2000 _World News Review March/April 2001 _World News Review Jun 2001 _World News Review Sep/Oct 2001 _Money Won't Solve These Problems _African AIDS Epidemic: Made Worse by Political Correctness _World News Review Dec 2003 _World News Review March 2005 _Is Africa Dying Before Our Eyes? _A Look at the Current State of the World _World News and Trends - Jan/Feb 1998 _Could It Happen Again? _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - Jul/Aug 1999 _An Overview of Conditions Around the World Nov/Dec 1999 _World News and Trends - Mar/Apr 2000 _AIDS: How a Killer Plague Can Be Stopped _10 Million AIDS Orphans: A Disaster for Africa _Letters From Our Readers - Jan/Feb 2001 _A Firsthand Account: Africa's Deadly AIDS Crisis _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - Jul/Aug 2001 _Coming: An End to Suffering _World News and Trends - Mar/Apr 2002 _The Dark Shadow Over Illicit Sex _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - Jul/Aug 2002 _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - Sep/Oct 2002 _The High Cost of Ignorance _2004: The World's Superpower Faces Powerful Challenges _The Biblical Solution for Africa's Biggest Crisis _Why Isn't Sex Safe? _God, Science and the Bible (11/05) _World News and Trends - Nov/Dec 2005 _World News and Trends - March/April 2006 _A World in Need of Hope _AIDS Can Be Stopped -- Now! _Africa's AIDS Crisis: A Doctor's Firsthand Account Search Our Site Key Subjects Index General Topics Index Biblical References Index Good News Magazine Index Booklets and All Literature Index Home Page of this site