California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Eliminates California’s Poison Control Service
From the PR Newswire, http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/05-20-2009/0005030220&EDATE:
Service That Saves California
The California Poison Control System (CPCS) manages over 300,000 cases annually - that’s 900 every day. The elimination of poison control services will precipitate an immediate shift to more costly and already overburdened sectors of
The CPCS saves
This is a service Californians cannot afford to lose on the eve of additional cuts to health care. In this climate of economic uncertainty, the poison control center may be the only immediate and free expert medical service many residents can access.
“More than 50 percent of poisonings happen to children 5 years old and under and more than 90 percent happen at home,” said Stuart Heard, Executive Director of the California Poison Control System. “Without the services that we provide,
Since its inception in 1997, the CPCS has managed over 2,000,000 cases. Clinical pharmacists, registered nurses, physicians and poison information providers answer the phones. A board-certified physician toxicologist is available at all times for specialized consultations from medical facilities seeking expert, current information in managing poison exposures.
In addition to providing access to poison experts, the CPCS is a central communication system infrastructure that can handle thousands of calls a day, providing real-time surveillance and identification of critical public health threats and rapid, reliable help during major public health events.
The CPCS has four sites of operation including UC Davis Medical Center in
| SOURCE California Poison Control System |
admin on May 20th 2009 in News Stories
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admin responded on 21 May 2009 at 8:58 am #
Link to SF Chronicle article:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/21/BA3J17OBA0.DTL&hw=poison+control&sn=001&sc=1000
admin responded on 21 May 2009 at 8:59 am #
Link to KTVU Channel 2 news story:
http://www.ktvu.com/video/19521317/index.html
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admin responded on 05 Jun 2009 at 11:01 am #
Thank you very much.
If people would ensure their “poisons” were locked up, it would save precious lives and have huge cost savings to the healthcare system.
xeriste responded on 11 Jun 2009 at 2:32 pm #
Oh, praise for the parents who are never faced with a poison control issue! Shall there be statues built in your honor? How dare merely human parents dare to impune your superiority. My heart is bleeding BS for you. If a child finds a chemical in our homes, thank you false gods for sending healthy children to clog up the ER’s and clinics with issues that could be helpfully resolved over the phone! And the other 49 states are so foolish for believing that this service is valuable. God bless you…God help you…forget that, God help your children. Oh, Arnold…your leadership will lead our children to death…but, don’t worry. They are pesky children, without adequate insurence.