Diana and HIV – level 3

06-09-2017 07:00

Mildmay Mission Hospital, which is an HIV charity delivering care and treatment in England, held a party to celebrate Princess Diana’s life and legacy on the 20th anniversary of her death.

Helen Taylor-Thompson said that after making the introductions, Diana went up the wards, nurses took her round, and she spoke to every single patient. Diana’s bold statement, however, was that she was not afraid to touch the HIV patients. As one participant put it, ‘She opened the gates to say “Don’t be ridiculous, you can’t catch it that way.”’

Thanks to her gesture, Princess Diana changed the perception of the public, which at that time did not understand the disease.

Difficult words: legacy (the changes to the world, which a person makes), ward (a separate room in a hospital), bold (forward, unreserved), public (many people).

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