The University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood is answering questions about recent changes in its care for people living with HIV/AIDS following the departure of a dentist who volunteered services.
David Varela, a 61-year-old gay San Francisco man who had been a patient of the care clinic, told the Bay Area Reporter that care had been temporarily suspended at the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis early last year, and in the fall the patients were informed that Maria Flores, DDS, who'd been having appointments at the school, would not be returning.
Then, last month "a letter from the school was sent and it states that for continued care, we would be scheduled with 'students'