HEALTH Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang has acknowledged that MPs enjoy subsidised access to the anti-Aids drug AZT, which the state has decreed should not be given to HIV-infected people at public hospitals. The Sunday Times reported that the parliamentary medical aid scheme, which also serves provincial legislatures, pays R35_ 000 for anti-HIV therapy and provides AZT to pregnant women and rape victims. Opposition leader Tony Leon said the needs of the rest of the country are averted with appeals to mythical African solutions, while members of government enjoy the best treatments the world has to offer.