Mejia, Jose

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NAME: Jose Mejia


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[GETS DOWN TO ACTION AIDS COALITION OCCUPIES HOME]

Source: Leigh Jackson, Daily News Staff Writer Joel Mejia wanted to die in familiar surroundings, with family at his side.

Instead, the 29-year-old Center City resident, who died six days ago from AIDS complications, spent his last hours in a hospital.

So it was with a little sadness and much excitement that his sister, Monica Mejia, yesterday toured Betak, the former Arden Hall Nursing Home in West Mount Airy that was supposed to become the kind of hospice her brother had sought.

Betak, whose owners last month abandoned thePublished on 1990-10-08, Page 02, Philadelphia Daily News (PA)


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