keep rolling that >>> my name is doctor ellen moffett, i am an assistant medical examiner for the city and county of san francisco. i perform autopsy, review medical records and write reports. also integrate other sorts of testing data to determine cause and manner of death. i have been here at this facility since i moved here in november, and previous to that at the old facility. i was worried when we moved here that because this building is so much larger that i wouldn't see people every day. i would miss my personal interactions with the other employees, but that hasn't been the case. this building is very nice. we have lovely autopsy tables and i do get to go upstairs and down stairs several times a day to see everyone else i work with. we have a bond like any other group of employees that work for a specific agency in san francisco. we work closely on each case to determine the best cause of death, and we also interact with family members of the diseased. that brings us closer together also. >> i am an investigator two at the office of the chief until examiner in san francisco. as an investigator here i inve

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medical examiner, 344 drug users died between january in june of this year. christian captain, reports. city leaders hope this new program and team will reduce the skyrocketing numbers. san franciscopolice regularly patrol the city's streets. but now teams looking to prevent overdose deaths will be joining them. the number of overdose deaths in the homeless community has doubled in the last year, according to the mayor's office. those on the streets near u. n plaza say they know getting high can be dangerous, even deadly. whenever you're getting high with somebody, assuming you're with somebody, which is probably the better way to do it anyway. you don't know if that person is going to be overdosing. and if they don't have like that, on our count or whatever. then they just take back your bad news. you know what i mean? all right. thank you, sir. now the city is rolling out a new street overdose response team made up of firefighter, paramedics and public health workers. paramedic michael mason says one of the best predictors for someone who may have a deadly overdose is someone who survives an overdose. but not only are we responding directly to folks that have survived a non leth

medical examiner, 344 drug users died between january and june of this year as ktvu is christian captain reports. city leaders hope this new program will reduce the skyrocketing numbers. san francisco police regularly patrol the city streets, but now teams looking to prevent overdose deaths will be joining them. the number of overdose deaths in the homeless community has doubled in the last year, according to the mayor's office. those on the streets near u. n plaza say they know getting high can be dangerous, even deadly. whenever you're getting high with somebody, assuming you're with somebody, which is probably the better way to do it anyway. you don't know if that person is going to be overdosing. and if they don't have like that, not count or whatever. then they just take back your bad news. you know what i mean? all right. very good. thank you, sir. now the city is rolling out a new street overdose response team made up of firefighter, paramedics and public health workers. paramedic michael mason says one of the best predictors for someone who may have a deadly overdose is someone who survives an overdose. but not only are we responding directly to folks that have survived a n