The AIDS hospital/hospice that the Princess of Wales made famous- Midway Mission- is to be demolished this summer. She made this famous by visiting and touching AIDS patients, thus breaking the "plague barrier" and giving real visibility
to very serious public health issue.
I met the Princess in a similar situation at a hospice in Oxford, visiting a friend. It was an extremely emotional encounter, and will always be one of my treasured memories.
Anyway, all is not lost. The old establishment is being rebuilt [current government not withstanding] to meet new capacity and current technology in the treatments and care of AIDS patients.
Reference- The Pink Paper, Terrence Higgins Trust.