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http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/bronx_hiv_testing/2008/06/26/107712.html?s=al&promo_code=6505-1
"“This will set a model not only for the city but for the whole country,” he says.
Testing will take place over a three-year period and additionally will include all New York City health clinics, universities, and jails. The health department then wants the initiative to spread throughout the remaining boroughs of the city.
The campaign will push to make the voluntary testing routine in emergency rooms and storefront clinics, where complicated consent procedures required by state law have deterred doctors from offering the tests in the past, city officials say.
“Routine would mean if you came into the emergency room for asthma or a broken leg, we test everyone for HIV, if they’re willing,” Frieden says. "
Wonder how long the "if their willing part" will last? I am sure they can scheme to make it mandatory once the state is footing the bill...Which by the way, the state agreed to absorb the $12 per person cost, mighty nice of them.
"“This will set a model not only for the city but for the whole country,” he says.
Testing will take place over a three-year period and additionally will include all New York City health clinics, universities, and jails. The health department then wants the initiative to spread throughout the remaining boroughs of the city.
The campaign will push to make the voluntary testing routine in emergency rooms and storefront clinics, where complicated consent procedures required by state law have deterred doctors from offering the tests in the past, city officials say.
“Routine would mean if you came into the emergency room for asthma or a broken leg, we test everyone for HIV, if they’re willing,” Frieden says. "
Wonder how long the "if their willing part" will last? I am sure they can scheme to make it mandatory once the state is footing the bill...Which by the way, the state agreed to absorb the $12 per person cost, mighty nice of them.
