If the Atlanta Medical Center shuts completely or stops key services, it will be the 6th hospital to turn away patients on Kemp’s watch. We're in a crisis of spiraling healthcare costs & declining access. It's shameful that Kemp puts his politics over what's best for Georgians.
A doctor AND sitting US Senator felt comfortable saying that maternal mortality rates were only bad "if you count Black women."
Don't tell me there isn’t systemic racism in our health care system.
Joint warning from 6 ATL systems: @childrensatl@emoryhealthcare@GradyHealth@PiedmontHealth@WellstarHealth & NEGA Health they're experiencing a "staggering surge" in adults & kids w/ COVID-19 & 100-200% jump in hospitalizations in past 8 days & vast majority are unvaccinated.
To prevent the next pandemic, we must fix US public health infrastructure. Decades of underinvestment led to a patchwork of underfunded and understaffed health departments and out-of-date data systems which weren't equipped to handle a modern-day health crisis.