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because they got aids or hepatitis c. convert visn's into what i call residential treatment centers. -- convert prisons. knock down the gun towers. take down the razor wires. inspired the corrections officers, the people with badges that make $150,000 a year -- inspire their asses. [applause] i am all for the union. i do not like their union. what you do is you rehire people back as correctional workers. what happens is in a state of california, where somebody needs help because they contradict or alcoholic or have a bad temper and they are going to be of their wife or sexually assault her stepdaughter -- whatever their problem is, let's do something about crime before they commit the crimes. they have this urge to do something illegal. they call the police and say, "i need help. i'm drug addicted. an alcoholic. please help me." right? they are directed to this treatment center where they can voluntary commit themselves for three to six months. they will do a workshop -- workup on their health. they need a health care ass

hiv, hepatitis, many health- related illnesses that disproportionately affect our communities will takell of us together to fight these diseases, but also to fight the stigma and the discrimination that actually perpetuate diseases like hiv in our community. not only do we provide services -- and top-notch services in san francisco -- but because of its believe, we actually produce a national social marketing campaign, and on may 19, the national asian, pacific islander hiv/aids awareness day, and as all of you to check our web site to find out about the press conference, the big events we are having here to give light to hiv and the stigma and discrimination that is within our communities and perpetuating this, and to take part in the festivities and the celebrations, actually, of the achievements that we have made throughout the many years, thank you so much. causing >> well deserved. >> now, to present the award for lifetime achievement, i would like to call upon san francisco supervisor david chiu to help me present. if you could join me at the podium, that would be great. when he c

hepatitis a and sal min nillia and geria and assumed to be in the fresh water in california and you get enough of the parasites in you and you will b in the bathroom for weeks and you won't be happy about it and make sure you have clean water stored in your disaster kit and be aware of the source of the water and hepatitis a and wash your hands. salminila and is it safe and should i be eating this and not properly prepared and know wher the food comes from. tetni and disease -- oh you stepped on a rusty nail and it' not exclusively rusty nails and you have a cut and open wound and at the timeu at the time dm here and these are the first things you check for in any patient you see. if they don't have an air way they can't breathe and then wha are they? >> (inaudible). >> dead and we will review that and it's a basic point. okay. if you are plea are bleeding an important to keep in mind that most bleeding stops on its own and all bleeding stops essentialls shrcials eventuaeve. medical joke and if you are in shock -- and no hurt nerves we don't want you to go in and hel somebody and have s

their heart disease or for their diabetes or their high blood pressure or their cholesterol or their hepatitis b. we actually provide group medical visits and group education classes and meeting people who have similar chronic illnesses as you do really helps you understand that you are not alone in dealing with this. and it validates the experiences that you have and so you learn from each other. >> i think it's very important to try to be in tune with the needs of the community and a lot of our patients have -- a lot of our patients are actually immigrants who have a lot of competing priorities, family issues, child care issues, maybe not being able to find work or finding work and not being insured and health care sometimes isn't the top priority for them. we need to understand that so that we can help them take care of themselves physically and emotionally to deal with all these other things. they also have to be working through with people living longer and living with more chronic conditions i think we're going to see more patients coming through. >> starting next year, every day 10,000

member of the san francisco clinical consortium advisory committee, i have learned about diabetics, hepatitisand aids, combined with the alcohol and drugs can destroy a community to its core. i want to thank the friendship house, the native american aids project, native american health centers throughout the area for their dedication to these health issues and their impact on people on a daily basis, especially our mothers and children. i hope they can continue to have the support and care that they provide. i would also like to thank gavin newsom and the city of san francisco's mayor's office for all the work they have done to help our people, and also their dedication to improve the lives of our community members. [applause] >> say goodnight, nathan. [applause] all right, calling to the podium joaquin torres. he will introduce our second honoree. >> good evening. on behalf of mayor gavin newsom, thank you for being here tonight. it is a great honor for me to be here tonight to celebrate with all of you our local heroes. i just want to recognize tosean elsbernd and

their heart disease or for their diabetes or their high blood pressure or their cholesterol or their hepatitis b. we actually provide group medical visits and group education classes and meeting people who have similar chronic illnesses as you do really helps you understand that you are not alone in dealing with this. and it validates the experiences that you have and so you learn from each other. >> i think it's very important to try to be in tune with the needs of the community

>> well, because of this breathing situation -- >> larry: you had hepatitis "c," right?t. >> larry: was that from a transfusion? >> no, that was from drug use. the hep "c" came from drug use 25 years before. >> larry: wow. >> which lets you know that the virus of hep "c" can live in your body for a long time. >> larry: and how did hep "c" lead to this? >> i already had high blood pressure. i have hypertension. and i think the chemo was just too much for my kidneys. and they went into failure. and that was september 12th of 2008. and the doctor rushed me right to the hospital. as soon as he took x-rays, he said, you've got to go to the hospital right now. and i was on dialysis within three days. three to four days. >> larry: we hear so much about dialysis and i have friends and family that have had it. can you describe it? it's boring as hell, isn't it? i mean, three times a week, right? >> yeah, it's three times a week, 3 1/2 hours a day. some people do even more. >> larry: do you just sit and they inject you? >> there are different ways you can get it. you can get it th