In this audio feature we meet some of the people who seldom make the news headlines, but who make all the difference to those people who are bed-ridden with AIDS-related diseases.

Earlier  in the year  Health-e reported that Johannesburg Hospital's AIDS Clinic was unable to cope with the increasing load of patients. Nine months later, after  cutting back on patient numbers the clinic continues to only treat about 70 patients on Tuesdays, while new patients are subjected to waiting lists of up to four months. The  facility is staffed by part-time doctors who do it to ensure that the clinic remains semi-functional.