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their food. Nurses and their attendants are never bothered to see whetherthey have eaten their food, taken their medication. That part [of] treatmentis considered very important. But, even that, it’s…..for them, is nothing.Everything - they are not bothered to check and the patient dying there. Hecannot eat by himself. He cannot drink by himself and he’ll be dying thereand it’s only because he is HIV positive.”(Male, 36yrs, Upper education education, DU)“Dekat hospital, apa yang saya lihat…..orang pun aaah…..nurse atauattendant atau masyarakat lain lah. Dia ini….aaahh….tahu tentang AIDSdan HIV. Dia tahu tapi dia tak yakin. Dia tak yakin apa yang diabelajar.”(“In hospital, what I can see….people….nurse or attendant or othermembers of society. They know about AIDS and HIV. They know butthey are not convinced. They are not convinced about what they havelearned.”)(Male, 32yrs, Lower secondary education, DU)One participant was admonished by a nurse for getting pregnant by her HIV-infectedhusband. More importantly, she felt that the Army, with whom her husband was serving,knew of her husband’s HIV status but did not inform her that he was HIV-positive andneither did he:“Lepas tu, nurse dekat situ [hospital] cakap – apahal you mengandung?Kamu tak tahu kah suami kamu HIV? - dia cakap kan. Masa itu, suamisaya masih army lagi, kan, dekat Johor sana. Aaah..masa tu kan, sayaterus….dia orang belum check darah saya lagilah, cuma memang darisuami. Sebab tentera ni….army – dia memang tidak berapa bagi tahu,kan. Aaah…masa saya mengandung, saya tahu.”(“After that, the nurse there said – for what reason did you get pregnant?Didn’t you know your husband has HIV? – she said. At that time, [my]husband was still in the army, there in Johor. At that moment, Iimmediately….they hadn’t checked my blood yet, only certain [it was]from [my] husband. Because the army….army – they actually don’t tellmuch, right. When I got pregnant, I found out.”)(Female, 36yrs, Upper secondary education, Infected Partner)There were concerns about breech of confidentiality by nurses and other healthcare staffas well:“When we go to the registration, you know, the card….’Oh, HIV patient’,he said out loud, you know…..and there are people around.”(Male, 44yrs, Upper secondary education, DU)“Sebab saya…..aaah….pernah dimasuk di wad hospital Kota Baru dalamtiga minggu, rasanya, situ ada masalah sikit dari segi jururawat. Dia sukasuka bercerita tentang kita ni kepada orang.”38