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San Francisco DPH to boost street needle pickup; UCSF strike may force ED diversions, officials say
Summary
The San Francisco Department of Public Health said it will add 10 workers to bolster street syringe pickup and cited nearly 4 million syringes distributed annually; DPH also warned a planned UCSF strike May 7'10 could prompt emergency-department diversions at Parnassus and Mission Bay.
Derek Garcia, director of the San Francisco Department of Public Health, told the commission the department is expanding its street-level syringe pickup to complement existing exchange services and reduce discarded needles in public spaces. "We almost give out 4,000,000 a year," Garcia said, and DPH will add 10 additional staff to the team that supports roughly 30 collectors who service the needle-exchange program.
The move is part of a broader…
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