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“Normally…..normally, memang macam tu lah. Kalau pusat atau penjarakan – memang dia orang….dia orang just…..just inform you macam tulah.”(“Normally…..normally, it’s that way. If it’s a centre or prison, it’s truethat they….they just….just inform you like that.”)(Male, 34yrs, Upper secondary education, DU)In fact, one participant doubted that counselling was a service that was easily availableeven in a large Government hospital setting:“Kalau….kalau tak percaya, kita boleh telefon HKL [General HospitalKuala Lumpur]…..tanya dekat kat….kat mana kita nak dapat kaunseling.Dia orang tak tau nak pergi mana….”(“If….if you don’t believe, we can call HKL…..ask where to….where wecan get counselling. They don’t know where to go….”)(Male, 32yrs, Upper secondary education, DU)“….Counselling for newly diagnosed aaah….positive people. You have togo to the peer group. The number of peer support group is limited inMalaysia, so….aaah….and this is a problem of reference [referral] lah. Alot of patients in hospital are still….living, like, lonely and out of…..whatyou call….community and feel isolated and so on. It can besaid…..seventy thousand reported cases, our group couldn’t reach out…Kalau [If] reach out, less than five percent…you see.”(Male, 40yrs, University education, DU)“Ya….the doctors handle very well…but one thing I think not enoughis….they didn’t get some, maybe, brochures or some contact for us….tohave maybe some help or counselling…..or…..what….they didn’t do that.They just quiet and let you cool down first…they will tell you thetruth….then they tell you do another test ….to confirm – that’s all.”(Male, 31yrs, Upper secondary education, MSM)“I go and do the HIV…and of course no pre-test counselling and they didthe test and they came back, they told me the results. So you have to findout everything like that – make sure all food….contact…and even go[which] hospital I also don’t know….which hospital treat this type ofthing? All I have is this letter, that kind of refer [referral] letter lah….that’sabout it!”(Male, 46yrs, University education, MSM)“Saya kena HIV masa saya masuk Kajang. Saya kena tangkap, masukKajang. Saya ada check dengan Kajang punya doctor lah. Macam tu je[beri keputusan]. Ada bagi surat.”(“I got HIV [diagnosed] when I was in Kajang [prison]. I was caught,imprisoned in Kajang. I was checked by a doctor in Kajang. Just like that[test result was given]. [The prison authority] gave a letter.”)46