A zoning decision to limit medical providers working at the nonprofit health center could delay medical care.
Philly’s zoning board voted to bar a Kensington addiction nonprofit from hosting multiple medical providers
Prevention Point plans to appeal, its executive director, Silvana Mazzella, said in a statement. A spokesperson for the organization said that Prevention Point will continue to operate with multiple medical providers on site until a decision on the appeal. The Kensington nonprofit houses the city’s only brick-and-mortar syringe exchange and offers a number of health services to clients, including medications to treat opioid addiction; primary care for HIV-positive patients; and treatment of the wounds caused by
At a November hearing on the matter, some neighbors raised concerns about the people who congregate outside Prevention Point’s offices on Kensington Avenue, echoing long-standing complaints that organizations like Prevention Point promote drug use in the neighborhood. Most neighbors who spoke at that hearing opposed the special exemption.
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