L.A.’s Covid Catastrophe: 70 People Being Treated In A 29-Bed Emergency Department; Black Community Hit Hard As County Virus Deaths Cross 9,000
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deadline.comHighlighting the devastating impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on Black communities, the CEO of Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in Los Angeles revealed on Tuesday that the small medical center is overloaded with patients, with 70 people being treated in a 29-bed emergency department.“The African-American community is being disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, and we are seeing that in South Los Angeles…and we’re also seeing that inside of the hospital,” Dr.
Elaine Batchlor said during a Covered California video conference urging Black residents to get insured and get vaccinated when the shots become available to the general public.“We have more COVID patients now than hospitals that are three to four times larger than we
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