Death by HIV discrimination?When Claude Green Claude Green (1961 - June 21 2005) was a gay man from the city of Welch, West Virginia, who died of a heart attack; he is survived by his mother, three sisters, brother and a 19-year old son. stiffened, swerved, and collapsed due to a heart attack in the seat of his pickup truck while driving down a street in Welch, W. Va., last June, his friend Billy Snead managed to pull the vehicle over from the passenger seat before jumping out and administering CPR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Definition Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a procedure to support and maintain breathing and circulation for a person who has stopped breathing (respiratory arrest) and/or whose heart has stopped (cardiac . That was, Snead claims, until police chief Robert Bowman arrived, ordered him to back away, then pulled him off, claiming Green, a gay 43-year old, was HIV-positive By the time the paramedics arrived and took Green to the hospital, it was too late. "I know to my heart that if he had [CPR j in the first few critical minutes ... he would hare had a chance." said Green's mother. Helen. noting that her son was not HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. positive. With the American Civil Liberties Union American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), nonpartisan organization devoted to the preservation and extension of the basic rights set forth in the U.S. Constitution. , Helen Green filed suit on March 2 in federal court against Bowman and the town Bowman has since called the allegation against him "a boldface face lie." |
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