Randy Dawson; Doctor Who Disclosed He Had AIDS
Randy Dawson, 39, a Portland doctor who disclosed on national television that he was suffering from AIDS. Dawson limited his contact with patients and informed hospital administrators when he discovered he had the virus in 1987. He quit working last January. At that time he appeared on a CBS news program to discuss the difficulty of contracting AIDS from health professionals. But he advised other medical personnel never to disclose an AIDS infection, noting that public disclosure was “certain death, a certain career-ender.” On Wednesday in Portland of AIDS.
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