Inside Russia’s Hospitals of Last Resort (Photos)
Misha Friedman
Nurse organizes dead patients’ files.
A homeless man with a Swastika tattoo receives free consultation in a St. Petersburg hospital.
Misha Friedman
A man waits to exchange needles and to be tested for HIV in an outreach bus on the outskirts of the city. Intravenous drug users have a very high risk of contracting tuberculosis.
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A TB patient and intravenous drug user begs his doctor for pain medication.
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A nurse measures a TB patient’s weight while another patient is cheering on.
A man pushes a cart with dirty laundry.
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A man waits to exchange needles and to be tested for HIV in an outreach bus on the outskirts of the city. Intravenous drug users have a very high risk of contracting tuberculosis.
Misha Friedman
Polina, 37, is brought into the hospital severely malnourished and suffering from numerous diseases, including tuberculosis, hepatitis C, and HIV.
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Anatoly, 45, a doctor at the Botkin Infectious diseases hospital, is in charge of the clinic in town treating homeless people. He sees many people coming in with tuberculosis symptoms and tries to get them admitted into hospitals for treatment.
Natasha, 25, a former inmate, an intravenious drug user, and a mother of two has tuberculosis and is HIV-positive.
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X-ray specialist prepares reports for patients, which he does in the evenings after work hours so that doctors and patients can see the results in the morning.
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A patient argues with a nurse.
With more patients than hospital beds, some patients sleep and are treated in the corridors.
Anatoly, 45, doctor at the Botkin Infectious diseases hospital, is in charge of the clinic in town treating homeless people. He sees many people coming in with tuberculosis symptoms and tries to get them admitted into hospitals for treatment.
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The tuberculosis hospital in Togliatti, Samara, in the distance.
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