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as you know, we had to cut in our funds the first of the year as a result of that and some other factors increased utilization. Uh the fact that we try to pick up medical patients, we've run out of money and we've asked a regional office

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in Washington for additional funds request was made back in august, this is october and we're still awaiting of course a decision on the part of H W. They would have to say that in the 3 14 program which represents the source of support for this current

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fiscal year, that there are no additional funds that we could pledge at this time uh beyond what has already been committed in terms of future support. Uh As I've indicated in my statement, this will depend certainly upon the organizational relationships that the Hunters Point Baby project

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is able to create with similar types of help delivery activities and interests here in the Bay Area. And that we would pledge our support to try to provide future assistance both of a technical and monetary nature. If these organ organisational relationships can be established, that this

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question has not yet been resolved for you. I have not kept up to date in the past. The response of the government representative was not entirely a surprise, but the supporters of the Hunters Point Bayview Community Health Center know that they must go through the steps

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of protest at the very least with 20,000 signatures to the petition. They have demonstrated significant public support for their position. Bill Hillmann, eyewitness News san Francisco dr Coleman. Are you satisfied with the response you received? Well, I'm quite disappointed because what I heard was that there

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will not be any granting of supplemental funds in all probability. Uh and that of course is quite distressing. That means we will not be able to continue giving services that were given in the past. This, of course, will result in a people not continue with medical

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care that they were receiving. Uh, there's going to be a backup or a backlog of health needs created in that community. And that, in turn, will mean once we do get funds in the future, if we ever get funds in the future is going to cost

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more to bring the level of health care back up to where we headed.