June 6, 2012

N.J. Man Alleges Hospital Denied Him HIV Meds

A gay, HIV-positive New Jersey man is suing Catholic teaching hospital Trinitas Regional Medical Center for allegedly denying him treatment and visitors, Courthouse News Service (CNS) reports. The man, Joao Simoes, claims that after a preliminary evaluation with a doctor, in which he disclosed he got HIV after having unprotected sex with a man, the doctor left the room and no subsequent doctors or nurses were sent in. Simoes says that his request for HIV medication was denied for three days, visitors were turned away and the doctor made disparaging remarks such as, “This is what he gets for going against God’s will.” Simoes is seeking punitive damages for discrimination. 

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Marty McCormack, Dallas, 2012-06-07 11:10:26
The Catholic Hospital here in Dallas St. Paul told me about 8 years ago they did not carry HIV medications. This was after having my gall bladder removed. They keep me a week and monitored my condition due to being a diabetic also. I raised all channels back then and could get no help!! I was told this was common to see how a person healed after surgery. HOGWASH!

Jeff, Sioux Falls, 2012-06-07 09:55:34
I see a sh*tstorm of a law suit reigning down!