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Society - South African Former Miners TB infected

Philippi Township, informal settlement. Cape Town. South Africa. This former miner worked in gold mines between the 1967 and the 1991. He developed first asthma and then TB. In 1997 he started the treatments again TB even do he was infected by TB other 3 times. The mine company never paid for his medical care.

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Philippi Township, informal settlement. Cape Town. South Africa. This former miner worked in gold mines between the 1967 and the 1991. He developed first asthma and then TB. In 1997 he started the treatments again TB even do he was infected by TB other 3 times. The mine company never paid for his medical care.