AIDS patients in San Francisco General Hospital. Man, in about his late thirties, in hospital gown walks down hall, looks ill. Doctor walks behind him. Doctor helps him into bed and hooks him up to IV. Man coughing. He and doctor talk while doctor adjusts IV input. Finger pressurizer. Doctor says blood saturation has improved. Boxes of medical examination gloves and medicine packets on table. Doctor talks to man in hallway. Doctor talks to man in thirties about the effect of AZT on his blood saturation. Doctor checking patient’s lungs. Doctor’s hands taking four large bottles of pills from cabinet and putting them on a desk. Man with long hair sits at this desk.