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If you talk to EMTs you'd find most calls are for elderly people with heartburn. Yes, some people abuse the system. Maybe offer one free ride a year or somethin

• JshWright 13y ago
  Where are these elderly heartburn patients you speak of? I can think of one in the past few months... Lots of 'fall down go booms' and 'they just aren't acting right' (yeah... it's called 'getting old')
  • rdl 13y ago
    In SF it seems to be a small population of seriously mentally ill, drug addicts (both OD and drug-seeking), those with ongoing conditions which they fail to manage properly, etc. There probably should be a cheaper way to treat them than sending SF Fire over and over to the same addresses. And that way would probably be both more comfortable for the patients and lead to better long-term outcomes. Maybe more extended inpatient care for them (in a low-cost-per-day facility)?
    • lostlogin 13y ago
      These has got to be some sort of war-on-drugs or drug policy thing going on here. Why is this so bad where you are, while it isn't a massive problem where I am (New Zealand). Sure there are drug problems (Meth and alcohol are hitting headlines too often), but you rarely seen the sorts of scenes I saw on a brief visit to SF.
      • rdl 13y ago
        SF ends up with drug addicts/mentally ill from an area of maybe 30-50mm people, due to what are perceived (correctly) as more welcoming city services, culture, etc. Add to that the war on drugs and weird issues with medical care for the poor (medi-cal), lots of Vietnam era veterans, etc., and one of the most dysfunctional city/county governments I've ever seen. (Detroit and New Orleans are worse, but those cities are poor; SF is rich).