Life-saving vending machine now available at Fresno State

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A caller benignant of vending machine, equipped with escaped life-saving products, is present disposable astatine Fresno State.

The Wellness-to-Go vending instrumentality provides escaped Narcan nasal spray and fentanyl trial strips. It is besides equipped with escaped COVID tests and escaped idiosyncratic hygiene kits. In summation to escaped products, the vending instrumentality besides has gestation tests and assorted over-the-counter medications disposable for purchase.

Since its Sept. 16 debut, the assemblage says much than 320 antithetic students person accessed the products, and 35 Narcan nasal sprays person been dispensed. 

Fresno State says the wellness vending instrumentality is simply a archetypal for Fresno County schoolhouse campuses. The Wellness-to-Go vending instrumentality tin beryllium recovered connected the archetypal level of the Resnick Student Union successful the northwest country of the building.

According to the university, backing for the instrumentality was provided by Anthem Blue Cross done the Central Valley Opioid Safety Coalition and successful concern with the Fresno Madera Medical Society; backing for the escaped harm-reduction and hygiene products has been made disposable done Associated Students Inc. and the Student Health and Counseling Center.