President. the Southeastern AIDS Clinic at Jackson Memorial is the busiest AIDS treatment center in the United States. taking in approximately 160 new cases each month. Since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic. Jackson has served 5.800 patients. more than any hospital in America. Jackson also has the highest incidence of pediatric AIDS in the United States. The situation at Jackson Memorial is increasingly dismal. As medical demands for AIDS patients increase. the hospital is Inundated with Central American refugees in need of emergency care. AT the same time. onethird to onehalf of the hospitals patients are indigent and cannot pay for care. Jackson continues to serve up to 70 AIDS patients each day at the outpatient clinic and through hospital admittances.
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