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ACLU joins Parkland AIDSsuit
By Nora Zamichowsee/e r Also on Friday, the alliance added a
of THE TIMES HERALD STAFF G ays s class-action ru defendants in the suit Dr. Ron Ander
son, ParkMand president; University o
T.- e4 x/aC L11LWrlrA~ L 1v1 'Saying the casewilltset a precedent
for hospitals across the nation, the
American Civil Liberties Union on Fri-
day joined the Dallas Gay Alliance in its
lawsuit against Parkland Memorial Hos-
pital.
The alliance also petitioned the court
Friday to declare the lawsuit a class ac-
tion, which means that U.S. District
Judge Barefoot Sanders' rulings in the
case would apply to 28,000 county resi-
dents who are thought to be infected
with the virus that causes AIDS.
ACLU officials said the case could be-come the first class action centering on
the provision of health care.
"It's a significant case in terms of es-
tablishing principles for equal access to
health care by AIDS patients," said Nan
Hunter, the. ACLU's director of AIDS
and civil liberties project. "We believe
access to medical care will be one of the
primary issues facing AIDS patients."
The lawsuit alleges that AIDS patients
are victims of discrimination and have
received inadequate health care at the
Parkland's AIDS clinic. The alliancemaintains that the hospital did not pro-
vide "readily available" medical treat-
ments, including the drugs AZT, or azi-
dothymidine, and Pentamidine.
ACLU participation will help the alli-
ance cut costs and could propel the is-
sue to the national forefront, alliance
President William Waybourn said.
"The ACLU is going tobe able to pro-
vide us with the expertise and resources
certainly unavailable to our clients who
are indigent for the most part," said alli-
ance attorney Donald Maison.f
'Texas Southwestern veucai kenie ,
which supplies the hospital with-doc-
tors; and Dr. Daniel Foster, chairman,:of
Southwestern's department of internal
medicine, which provides doctors for
the hospital's AIDS clinic.
Southwestern officials, however, said
they are providing the best care they
can with limited resources and that no
one group has been victimized.
"There has not been discrimination.
There has been an effort to deal with
Please see LAWSUIT, B-34
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Zamichow, Nora. [Clipping: ACLU joins Parkland's AIDS suit: Gays seek class-action ruling], clipping, July 2, 1988; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1584312/m1/1/?q=%22Business%2C+Economics+and+Finance+-+Communications+-+Newspapers%22: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.