HIV / AIDS Treatment Center

In March, 2006, we visited a world famous treatment center for AIDS patients near Lop Buri, Thailand. Ashley Judd and Miss Universe had just visited the site before we got there. In Thailand, although the HIV incidence is extremely high, AIDS victims are shunned. This is one of the few places that offer refuge and hope for the victims. Last January, 8 people died and 14 people got well enough to resume their lives. Thailand manufactures its own retro-virus medicine (despite President Bush's threat to place an embargo on Thai products). The site is run by a priest who is from New York. Carol and I thanked the priest for dedicating his life to helping people in Thailand. This picture is just a small section of the sprawling compound.