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since 1974. By 1986, the AIDS epidemic had begun to hit the rest of Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, located at Avenida de Córdoba, is a public hospital that is part of the Servicio Madrileño de Salud system. The hospital was founded in 1973 and is one of the largest hospitals in Spain by total bed capacity. The hospital has been affiliated with Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid since 1974. By 1986, the AIDS epidemic had begun to hit the rest of Spain all at once and Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre was at ground zero for the epidemic in Madrid. It soon filled up up close to 40% of beds in the hospital, with most of the patients not homosexuals but intravenous drug users, some of whom were still using. The number of lesbians at the hospital was likely very tiny, if there were any at all. Women appears to get die of aids at a rate of 1 woman to every 5 men and lesbians only appeared to acquire AIDS if they had other risk factors.