Paramedic Gets AIDS & Comp - Public Warning

An Akron, Ohio, firefighter / paramedic has been successful in obtaining workers' compensation benefits for AIDS that he says was contracted on the job, as well as returning to work, reports the Beacon Chronicle. Stephen Derrig, 35, an Akron firefighter since 1992, said the physicians treating him didn't know what was wrong. For four months, two years ago, Derrig saw doctor after doctor because he was breathless and had no energy. Finally, a cardiologist who formerly worked as a paramedic ran some tests, and the results showed that Derrig had AIDS.Derrig knew that the only place he could have...