Diana visited Milestone House, Britain's first purpose-built hospice for people suffering from Aids and HIV, in October 1991. The Princess laughed and joked as she drank tea with three Aids patients in the hospice conservatory.
She later visited family groups in their private rooms and emerged holding the hand of one woman resident.
"Diana formally opened Milestone House and more than anyone else helped break down the stigma surrounding HIV. She was prepared to be seen hugging and shaking hands with people with HIV in the early 1990s when there was still a lot of hysteria around the topic.
"It made a lot of impact on how people saw HIV. People thought that if it was OK for a princess to do that, then it must be OK.
"People in our HIV sector would want to remember her because she made an important contribution to the field of Aids awareness." read more
No comments:
Post a Comment