At L.A. clinics for the poor, doctors and nurses lack safety supplies amid the coronavirus crisis, According to an article on the Los Angeles Times website.
Facilities for the poor continue to face a shortage of test kits and medical equipment to protect staff.
At St. John’s Well Child and Family Center, a nonprofit that operates 18 health centers and school-based clinics in Los Angeles and Compton, the situation has become so dire that patients have offered to sew surgical masks for the staff, the article said.
A St. John’s Chief executive said it wouldn’t be enough and called on the federal government to mandate the production of protective gear and masks for healthcare workers.
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