 
July 15, 2009
Florida Man Denied Hair Transplant Because He Is HIV Positive
A South Florida man claims he was refused a hair transplant because he is HIV positive and is suing the Age Defying Surgical Center (ADSC) in Fort Lauderdale for discrimination, NBC Los Angeles reports.
“Their medical staff told me, ‘We will not do the procedure because you are HIV positive.’ I told them, ‘This is discrimination,’ and they stated, ‘No it’s not,’” Diego Del Rio said.
While Del Rio had undergone a hair transplant at another facility, the ADSC said it does not accept patients with HIV or hepatitis. Del Rio’s lawyer, Matthew Dietz, claims this policy contradicts a 1988 Florida antidiscrimination law.
“The big picture here is that people cannot be in any way discriminated against because of their AIDS or their HIV status,” Dietz said. “There’s no excuse because there’s not one doctor in the state of Florida that doesn’t know this. Issues like this should not happen in this day and age.”
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