Thelma Reich

As sign-carrying AIDS activists picketed a medical clinic here Friday, a man filed a federal lawsuit against the clinic and a physician who refused to treat a cut on his hand after learning he was HIV-positive. About 30 sign-carrying AIDS activists protested outside the Ventura Urgent Care & Family Planning clinic where Dr. Thelma Reich turned away Salvador Fuentes last month after he informed her that he carried the AIDS virus.

As sign-carrying AIDS activists picketed a medical clinic here Friday, a man filed a federal lawsuit against the clinic and a physician who refused to treat a cut on his hand after learning he was HIV-positive. About 30 sign-carrying AIDS activists protested outside the Ventura Urgent Care & Family Planning clinic where Dr. Thelma Reich turned away Salvador Fuentes last month after he informed her that he carried the AIDS virus.

AIDS activists on Thursday denounced a Ventura physician who refused to treat an HIV-positive patient who went to an urgent-care clinic with a cut on his hand. Dr. Thelma Reich has since resigned, clinic officials said, because she would not comply with their policy of treating everyone. But the activists say they will vent their outrage today during a protest in front of the Ventura Urgent Care & Family Planning clinic on Ralston Street.

AIDS activists on Thursday denounced a Ventura physician who refused to treat an HIV-positive patient who went to an urgent-care clinic with a cut on his hand. Dr. Thelma Reich has since resigned, clinic officials said, because she would not comply with their policy of treating everyone. But the activists say they will vent their outrage today during a protest in front of the Ventura Urgent Care & Family Planning clinic on Ralston Street.

A Ventura medical clinic that refused treatment to a man infected with the AIDS virus agreed Tuesday to pay $85,000 to settle a federal discrimination lawsuit. Civil rights lawyers said the lawsuit, which was settled the day it was set to go to trial in federal court in Los Angeles, was the first AIDS discrimination lawsuit filed under the federal Americans With Disabilities Act.

As sign-carrying AIDS activists picketed a Ventura medical clinic Friday, a man filed a federal lawsuit against the clinic and a physician who refused to treat a cut on his hand after learning he was HIV-positive. About 30 protesters congregated outside the Ventura Urgent Care & Family Planning clinic where Dr. Thelma Reich turned away Salvador Fuentes last month after he informed her that he carried the AIDS virus.

A Ventura medical clinic where a man infected with the AIDS virus was refused treatment agreed Tuesday to pay $85,000 to settle a federal discrimination lawsuit and pledged to provide evidence that the attending physician who denied him treatment has received additional training on the disease.

AIDS activists on Thursday denounced a Ventura physician who refused to treat an HIV-positive patient when he came to an urgent-care clinic with a cut on his hand. Dr. Thelma Reich has since resigned, clinic officials said, because she would not comply with their policy to treat everyone. But the activists say they will vent their outrage during a protest today in front of the Ventura Urgent Care & Family Planning clinic on Ralston Street.