LOS ANGELES - a health clinic to porn stars in the San Fernando Valley was closed following a series of recent controversies, including complaints of an actor with HIV he received inadequate care.
Adult industry medical Health Care Foundation is now a component, according to the Executive Director of Free Speech Coalition Diane Duke. His group is a trade association for pornography.
The clinic has been a favourite medical provider of many players in the porn industry of several billion dollars, providing a discreet environment for frequent tests for HIV.
There is at least another clinic is for porn stars, including skills Testing Service, which has its headquarters in Florida and has a clinic in Northridge.
Executive Director of the clinic of components, former star of porn Sharon Mitchell, taken from new industry told AVN that the clinic is officially closed "" on the financial difficulties,"decline further comment."
Calls to the clinic are remained without answers, and a call to the lawyer of the clinic was not immediately returned.
Last month, the clinic has been accused of violations of personal health information after a patient information website. At the time, the clinic said large amounts of information posted on a wiki online were not available in their database.
The clinic to the criticism of the State and local health authorities for failing to cooperate with an investigation in diagnosis of HIV-positive of the porn actor Derrick Burts it in December.
The young man of 24 years, said he contracted the disease after a few months in the business, and instead to obtain information from the clinic on how to obtain follow-up care, it has been said to avoid mediachange phone number and leave the city.
Later in December, the clinic was forced to close for the illegitimate state licensure and reopened in February after his papers in order.
Burts is presented through the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, an advocacy group has long been campaigning for the use of condoms in pornography.
"Performers were poorly served by (clinic) and are poorly served by an industry that places profit over safety of workers, said AHF President Michael Weinstein."
Duke said that the Board of Directors of the trade group brainstorm solutions to continue to provide STD screenings and care for the performers. Duke said groups such as SCA and responsible public health targeted political purposes clinic and have lost sight of the clinic provided service.
"If they were really concerned about the health and well-being of interpreters, they would have been much more favourable (of the clinic)," said Duke.
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