October 2, 2008

Fighting tuberculosis in Peru

Posted: 11:49 AM ET

Dr. Sanjay Gupta takes us into the tuberculosis ward of a Lima, Peru hospital. Donning a mask, he shows us patients who are masked and hospitalized to contain infection. He also shows us x-rays of a TB infected person.

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Posted by: Dr. Sanjay Gupta - CNN Chief Medical Correspondent
Filed under: Dr. Gupta • Global Health

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j candalino

October 8th, 2008 8:17 am ET

For a better understanding of extreme drug resistant tb, please see: http://www.xdrtb.org/

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@sanjayguptacnn: big day for health care. biggest I have seen in my lifetime. vote at 1a. I will be co anchoring 10p - 2a on @cnn. will cover it all.

Updated: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:50:32 +0000

@sanjayguptacnn: http://twitpic.com/tylm4 - was such an honor to have the queen of morning tv come to my book party. joan lunden -- looks great!

Updated: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:22:32 +0000

@sanjayguptacnn: http://twitpic.com/tylja - spent the evening with @kingsthings and @deepakchopra. fascinating chat!

Updated: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:22:08 +0000