Risk manglement (Toxic decisions?)

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>]

Not as much fun as stoning wallabies, but ...

Poison control centers that have been a lifeline [literally - rms] for millions
of residents could go dark this summer under the California Governor’s plan for
closing the State’s $24.3 billion deficit.  The demise of the California program
could have a domino effect throughout the country, officials say.  Washington
and Michigan centers already have been forced to downsize, and officials in
Tennessee and Oregon also have proposed significant cutbacks.  But in
California, the entire program sits on the chopping block.  Many States strapped
for cash would like to see how California, which handles 10 percent of the
nation’s poison calls, fares without a State-funded system, said the executive
director of the American Association of Poison Control Centers.  [Hoping to get
the extra businesses that flood out of the state? - rms]  With cuts, the growing
alternatives would be hospitals and emergency rooms.  [Oh, yeah, *that's* cost
effective - rms]  In California, the deficit situation is so dire that the
Governor’s office says they have to make tough choices, even if it means
targeting important programs like poison control.  In the worst cases, poison
control program officials say, not having access to a poison control hot line
could lead to deaths.  [Cutting the centres would save 5.9 million of a 24.3
billion deficit, or about 0.02 % - rms]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
dyn/content/article/2009/06/25/AR2009062500797.html 


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