Last week, NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central (formerly HHC North Central Bronx Hospital) unveiled a message of hope on World AIDS Day: Stomp Out AIDS. The declaration was emblazoned on a tarp, along with more messages of hope to eradicate the disease that’s claimed millions of lives since the epidemic was first identified in the early 1980s.
The hospital houses a Special Care Clinic to treat HIV/AIDS sufferers. Community Board 7, which houses North Central, ranks 21 out of 59 community districts in the rate of new HIV diagnoses.