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Place where having HIV is no bar to a warm welcome



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Published Date: 16 September 2008
By Claire Smith
ABOVE the main reception desk at the Waverley Care Milestone support unit, hangs a faded photograph of Princess Diana. When she performed the opening ceremony in 1992, this building was a hospice for people who were dying of Aids.
Then, HIV infection was classed as a fatal disease. Today it is considered a chronic condition, but the stigma remains – which is why the unit, in the Oxgangs area of Edinburgh, continues to offer help and support to people with HIV.

"Living with ...



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1

Charles Linskaill,

Edinburgh 16/09/2008 01:05:20

When asked, "Would you like to do a course on HIV"?

My wife hesitated, but said "YES"!

My Wife works in childcare, she could not understand, why her tutor offered her this course!

On asking me, I said to her, that you never know what children you will have to look-after, may have as an illness, and there is just so much ignorance's on the subject, to this very day!

I told her it would be a very good course to go on, and I cant wait to help her with it.
2

TimW1234,

Ottawa, Canada 16/09/2008 13:08:46
WHen one considers that AIDS is no longer the scourge of gays and drug users, is rampant in Africa and India (even if they will not admit it), and is increasingly affecting innocent women and unborn children, it is now a worldwide epidemic with no cure in the forseeable future.

Will it take a miracle to rid the Earth of this plague?
3

Douglas,

Bathgate 16/09/2008 16:33:25
No Tim, just the same application and dedication shown for smallpox. History suggests divine intervention to be unlikely.
4

thibor,

musselburgh 20/09/2008 01:53:04

SAVE THE LINKS PROJECT......YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN SOMEONE YOU KNOW WILL NEED US

 

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