ACLU Survey Reveals Massive Civil Rights Violations Against People With HIV/AIDS:
"Some of the more startling violations included:
*In rural Texas, a patient with AIDS who was admitted to a local hospital for vomiting and diarrhea was found lying in a hospital bed with nothing but a cup of water on the table. Staff from an AIDS service organization delivered medication to him and asked that he be given an IV. When they returned the following day he still had not been treated. He was transferred to another hospital, but it was too late and he died.
*A provider in New Mexico reported that a patient first learned that he was HIV-positive from a receptionist in front of a waiting room full of people.
*A landlord in Arkansas found out that his tenant was HIV-positive and tore up the lease.
*A teacher in Florida informed an entire classroom of one child�s HIV status.
*A provider in Arizona tried for three months to get an HIV-positive client into a skilled nursing care facility, calling almost every home in Arizona.
*Even in Los Angeles, many nursing homes and psychiatric facilities will not take clients with HIV.
*In Texas, HIV-positive parents have been denied visitation of their children because of their status."
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