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First Hospital Just for AIDS Is Being Set Up in Houston

Associated Press - August 2, 1986


HOUSTON, Aug. 2 - The nation's first hospital dedicated solely to research and treatment of AIDS has been created, and the first patients are to be accepted Sept. 2.

Officials of American Medical International Inc. signed an agreement Tuesday with the University of Texas to set up the hospital for acquired immune deficiency syndrome, to be named the Institute for Immunological Disorders. It is being converted from the Citizens General Hospital, a general care facility.


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