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鈥淭h貌isich mi a鈥� gal.聽 Cha b鈥� urrainn dhomh a chreid... Bha d霉il agam gu robh mi a鈥� dol a bh脿sachadh.鈥�

Bha an dearbhadh gu robh e a鈥� fulang leis a鈥� Chaitheimh na bhuille mh貌r do Alexandru Hamcer.聽 Th脿inig buille eile nuair a th貌isich a bhr脿thair beag a鈥� fulang leis a鈥� ghalar cuideachd.聽聽 Tha Alexandru gu m貌r dhen bheachd gur ann bhuaithesan a fhuair e an TB.聽聽 Fhuair Alexandru leigheas fad mh矛osan.聽 Nuair a bha d霉il aige gu robh e air a鈥� ch霉l a chuir ris a鈥� Chaitheimh, fhuair e a-mach gu robh e a鈥� fulang le gn猫 dhen ghalar nach gabh a leigheas le m貌ran dhrogaichean; TB XDR.聽 Ann an Rom脿inia, an d霉thaich gam buin Alexandru, 鈥榮 e d矛reach 10% de dh鈥檈uslaintich air a bheil TB XDR a tha a鈥� faighinn seachad air.

鈥楽 ann an Rom脿inia a tha an 脿ireamh 脿s 脿irde de ch霉isean de ThB san Aonadh 贰貌谤辫补ch.聽 A h-uile latha tha an galar a鈥� tighinn air 77 duine.聽 Tha ceathrar a鈥� b脿sachadh leis.聽 Tha 贰貌谤辫补 ag aithris 脿 Bhucharest faic d猫 a thathas a鈥� d猫anamh gus smachd fhaighinn air a鈥� ghalar.

鈥淚 started to cry.聽 I could not believe it鈥� I thought I was going to die.鈥�

Hearing that he had contracted tuberculosis was a severe blow for Alexandru Hamcer.聽 He received another one when his brother became ill with the disease.聽聽 Alexandru firmly believes he gave his brother the disease.聽聽 Alexandru received months of treatment.聽聽 When he thought he was free of the illness he discovered he was suffering from extensively-drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB).聽 In Romania, where Alexandru lives, there is only a 10% cure rate for XDR TB.

Romania has the highest number of TB cases in the EU.聽 Each day 77 people become ill with it.聽 Four die.聽 贰貌谤辫补 reports from Bucharest to see what鈥檚 been done to control the disease.