Re "Supervisors Move to Close Some King/Drew Wards," Aug. 17
Hospitals in Third World countries do not have transplant teams or cardiac surgery, but they certainly have obstetrics and pediatrics. While the country is besieged with teen pregnancy, childhood obesity and other preventable pediatric ailments, the three white males sitting on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors prepare to cut essential services at King/Drew for underserved African Americans and Latinos without in-depth analysis of their actions.
