Local officials are reporting a sharp uptick in homeless people seeking health services in South County – a trend they credit to successful outreach. South County patient encounters with the Valley Homeless Healthcare Program — which provides mobile and fixed-site primary care, substance abuse and oral health services — have exceeded last year’s totals. As of September, Santa Clara County seen 356 patients and conducted 857 appointments and visits — which either take the form of South County patients seeking out the program’s medical bus, or health care workers going out to farms and city streets to reach patients where…
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