LA hospital CEO: ‘We’ve never really seen a crisis of this dimension’

Dr. Elaine Batchlor, CEO of Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital in Los Angeles, discusses how the pandemic has overwhelmed hospitals and the disproportionate impact on minorities.

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[jackaction]

L.A. hospitals have always been a nightmare for years.
They'll put you in a janitorial room with no toilet even and the wait times always been 4 hours and longer

[BarbaraMerryGeng]

> Private hospitals are showing their true colors $$$$.
They are refusing to pitch in & help out:

[lolitadelaware]

Anyone tested should stay their ass home. Stay healthy.

[NorthPoleJeff]

There are many videos of these hospitals and these hospitals are empty. This is a bunch of BS.

[actionhero]

Running hospitals like businesses has shown to be one of our largest flaws.

[ese_cholito]

Don't these doctors have a choreographed dance routine to do for tiktok? What are they doing trying to save lives....

[NM-pcsy]

This is what happens when you throw out economics - supply verses demand - health care rationing -

[jodyodell]

Ask her how our health care system is failing to meet the public health crisis.

[RaKenobi]

Hospitals are set up for customers and billing, not for public emergencies, disasters and pandemics.

[ALWH]

I live in Los Angeles for 39 years and I do believe hospitals are full because LA hospitals are busy even before COVID-19, specially the emergency room

[wanderyk]

they’ve known about possible hospital saturation’s, ED overload and ICU space limitations since the 90s.
You should have paid attention

[solo]

Anyone in south L.A.? I need this confirmation because I’m not believing this

[RaKenobi]

When health care is not a right but strictly a business product, then yes, we run into major moral and ethical problems as well as egregious shortage in care during any public health disaster.

[helenareyes]

She said people of color many many time.... white people is people of color as well, they are white or red

[sentricz_devkep]

I can’t believe they’d make this a race thing, that’s despicable. it’s a humanity thing. Doctors should not be concerned about the race of the patients their treating.

[JogBird]

sounds like they have things under control

[matthewcohn]

On the real, Why a hospital got a CEO?

[voteforgodkingsofkings]

Stop lying its so crazy i no so many black people and they dont have it show the People the data

[ceedoubleyou]

tell Trumpites, they still think it's hoax!