A a good place for HIV testing is an ER, ED or Trauma Center. This brief piece is about using hospitals emergency departments to boost HIV testing. This has been a topic for over a decade & still needs addressing.
I was tested many times before I was diagnosed. It was the late 90s & they were free places, so I don't know why I didn't test + before. I was sick for a long time before I went to the ER. There the test came back, HIV+. Other than the ER, the only other option in my area would've been the Health Department.
Without the ER, I wouldn't have found out my status. I'd been tested & trusted the previous results. I hadn't been sexually active in between. Either my last test was too soon to detect the virus or it was a false reading. Either way, without the ER, I may have died before knowing.
Give this a read. Take care.
Cya...
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