ABSTRACT
Dr Krishna’s 1 clinic is situated near the general bus stand of Koppal, a small town in Karnataka. He is a general practitioner and has been treating patients here for the past 15 years. The people living in and around his clinic have faith in his treatment. He keeps in touch with the medical fraternity, and likes to keep himself aware of clinical updates by occasionally attending the continuous medical education (CME) programmes organised by pharmaceutical companies in the neighbouring town of Shimoga. He is also aware of the growing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic, and is interested in expanding his practice to address it.
