nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor3 89S7|||'The Separate and Unequal Health System' Highlighted By COVID-19||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||A South Los Angeles hospital has long provided for an underserved community where private insurance is scarce and chronic illnesses can flourish. And then came a devastating coronavirus surge.

Maria Arechiga, an ICU charge nurse, monitors the progress of two COVID-19 patients in the intensive care unit of Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in Los Angeles.



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The Coronavirus Crisis

'The Separate and Unequal Health System' Highlighted By COVID-19

A South Los Angeles hospital has long provided for an underserved community where private insurance is scarce and chronic illnesses can flourish. And then came a devastating coronavirus surge.