Balasore (AsiaNews ) - The Apostolic Nuncio in India , Msgr. Salvatore
Pennacchio, has inaugurated the first center for people with HIV / AIDS in
Orissa. The Vincent Seva Sadan was an initiative of the local diocese of Balasore,
and will be directed by the Daughters of Charity.
The new center is built in line with the efforts of the Orissa government to
control the HIV virus. "Care
and treatment for AIDS patients - said Msgr. Thomas Thiruthalil, bishop of the
diocese of Balasore - was a dream for the entire state, and thanks to this
center we can do it."
The Vincent Seva Sadan will provide
medical care , prescriptions, shelter and all other services necessary for
people with HIV or full-blown AIDS , regardless of class , religion, caste or language.
The inauguration ceremony was held on January 29 in the presence of a hundred people, including bishops, priests , nuns and lay people from all walks of life.