Wow. How offensive.
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novapsycheThai Hotel Segregates HIV+ Guests
Activists were up in arms Thursday after a Bangkok hotel hosting an AIDS workshop moved all the participants — half of them HIV positive — to one floor, asked them to eat in a separate area, and told cleaning staff to take precautions.
The incident, which took place earlier in the week, happened just a month before the Thai capital is to host the 15th International AIDS Conference that is expected to be attended by more than 10,000 participants.
Some 70 Thai government officials, voluntary agency workers and people with HIV/AIDS in the workshop were initially given rooms on various floors when they checked into the Prince Palace Hotel on Sunday, said Nimit Tienudom, head of AIDS Access, an advocacy group.
But when hotel officials realized that some of the people had AIDS because of skin lesions, they moved everybody to one floor the next day, he told The Associated Press.
They were also asked to eat in a separate dining area.
"It was like they were placed in a zoning area," said Nimit, who had spoken to organizers of the workshop, which was co-sponsored by the government.
Activists were up in arms Thursday after a Bangkok hotel hosting an AIDS workshop moved all the participants — half of them HIV positive — to one floor, asked them to eat in a separate area, and told cleaning staff to take precautions.
The incident, which took place earlier in the week, happened just a month before the Thai capital is to host the 15th International AIDS Conference that is expected to be attended by more than 10,000 participants.
Some 70 Thai government officials, voluntary agency workers and people with HIV/AIDS in the workshop were initially given rooms on various floors when they checked into the Prince Palace Hotel on Sunday, said Nimit Tienudom, head of AIDS Access, an advocacy group.
But when hotel officials realized that some of the people had AIDS because of skin lesions, they moved everybody to one floor the next day, he told The Associated Press.
They were also asked to eat in a separate dining area.
"It was like they were placed in a zoning area," said Nimit, who had spoken to organizers of the workshop, which was co-sponsored by the government.