The medical director of the Fresno/Madera division of the California Poison Control System says the governor's proposed solution won't solve anything. Instead, the system says the closure will lead to an additional 164,000 emergency room visits a year. "If the population can't call the poison center with a poisoning emergency, then they're going to call 911 and go the hospital with the same problem. It's going to be much more expensive to do that than have the whole problem handled over the phone," said Dr. Richard Geller.
The California Poison Control System says if eliminated, California would be the only state in the country without any emergency poison control system.
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