Dr. Elaine Batchlor

CEO, Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital

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CEO, Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital.

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“We have doubled up rooms. We have converted our post-surgical care unit to intensive care,” says Dr. Elaine Batchlor, the CEO at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in South LA.

More than 200 patients fill a 131-bed South LA hospital as COVID continues to spike

“We have doubled up rooms. We have converted our post-surgical care unit to intensive care,” says Dr. Elaine Batchlor, the CEO at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in South LA.

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The state has run out of money for the aged, blind, and disabled. We'll hear about the human cost of the  budget deadlock  in Sacramento.

Budget Impasse Threatens Health Care Service To The Poor

The state has run out of money for the aged, blind, and disabled. We'll hear about the human cost of the budget deadlock in Sacramento.

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