Septrin is the main drug used to treat and prevent a type of pneumonia that develops mainly among HIV+ patients

Radhika Mehra (name changed) has been making rounds of the ART centre at KEM Hospital to procure Septrin for her HIV+ husband. The Sion resident's CD4 count is below 200, and his doctor has directed him to take the medicine to avoid contracting any infection due to low immunity, which can be life-threatening. However, it's been a dry month for the couple with all ART centres in Mumbai facing an acute shortage of the drug.