Hospitals and clinics across the state and the nation are having their own emergency — a massive shortage of Latino doctors. Now, a group of local physicians is sounding the alarm after they say it’s been an ongoing issue for years.
Hospitals and clinics across the state and the nation are having their own emergency -- a massive shortage of Latino doctors.
Now, a group of local physicians is sounding the alarm after they say it’s been an ongoing issue for years.His Latino physician roster mirrors that of the state and the county.Sign up for NBC LA newsletters.In Santa Clara County, where a quarter of the population is Latino, only 4% of all doctors are Latino. Yet Latinos make up 51% of the county’s hospital janitorial staff.
“The Latino providers, the Latino physicians, they’re the most difficult because everybody needs them. Everybody wants them. Everybody needs them because they’re bilingual. They can relate,” said Espinoza.
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