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Congresswoman Waters Joins Community Tour of King/Drew Medical Center
From
staff reports
Last Tuesday Congresswoman Maxine Waters, a group of concerned
community members and the Save King-Drew Coalition toured the Martin
Luther King Jr. Hospital as part of the ongoing effort to encourage the
L.A. County Board of Supervisors to make the Medical Center a priority
in the day-to-day operation of the county’s business.
This past summer, the Board of Supervisors approved a structural
improvement plan in the amount of $32 million for the hospital. The tour
allowed participants to look at the progress being made in regard to
those recently approved improvements.
“Our request of the supervisors has not changed,” said Waters. “If
there are problems, fix it. The community has the right to expect
nothing less and we remain committed to making sure that there is accountability
in the decisions and changes made in delivering health services
to the
residents of L.A. County; the majority of which live within the
35th Congressional District.”
The community, organized under the Save-King Drew Coalition, has
toiled diligently for the past three years in support of positive efforts
to turn the hospital around, and have held regular community meetings
to gain input from and to hear the concerns of the community. The coalition’s
goal is to improve King/Drew as a comprehensive medical center and to
prevent it from becoming privatized.
Some of the organizations represented in the Save King-Drew Coalition
are: NAACP — L.A, SCLC, Rainbow/PUSH, Watts Labor Community Action
Committee (WLCAC), Martin Luther King, Jr. Legacy Association, League
of United Latin American Citizens, Watts Chamber of Commerce, Watts Neighborhood
Council, Black Community Health Task Force, Association of Black Social
Workers of Greater L.A, Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, Hays Tabernacle
C.M.E. Church, Brother To Brother, Paul Robeson Community Center, Black
Women Rising Inc. and the Black Women’s Forum.
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