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First AIDS hospice to open in Toronto
In the early 1980s doctors began noticing rare cancers and infections striking otherwise healthy young gay men. Something was destroying their immune systems — something fatal and possibly contagious. At first it was called the 'gay plague.' Then others began dying: Haitians, intravenous drug users, hemophiliacs and heterosexuals. Fear, confusion and prejudice reigned as the disease eventually known as AIDS grew from a mystery to an epidemic. This topic contains discussion of a sexual nature. The medical information in the clips was believed accurate at the time of broadcast, but may have changed.
Program: CBC Television News
Broadcast Date: Jan. 21, 1986
Guest(s): June Callwood
Reporter: Sandra Varanesi
Duration: 2:20
Last updated: November 30, 2012
Page consulted on March 28, 2013
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