Bandarmia’s fear: Immigration raids drive patients with a distance medicine

Yaqoub Suwaidan He saw his patients overcoming federal immigration raids in the 1990s, a ruler’s request Cancellation With birth and publishing very Repressive measures At the workplace and family separation policies in the first term of President Donald Trump.

But during his forty years of age as a pediatrician in southern California, they are attending people very poor to pay for medical care, including many migrant families, Suwaidan said he had not seen such a decline in patient visits as is the case now.

“They are afraid to come to consultations. They are increasingly sick,” said Suwaidan, who specializes in newborn diseases and directs five clinics in Los Angeles and Brang provinces. “And when they are about to collapse, they go to emergencies because they have no choice.”

In the past two months, he sent young children to the emergency rooms because his parents only encouraged contact with his office after several days of high fever. He said that he came in a state of 14 -year -old boy who was about to be a coma of diabetic patients because he ran out of insulin, and his parents were very afraid to search for the alternative.

Sweidan has stopped providing remote consultations after the Covid-19 pandemic, but he and other health professionals have restored them as an increase in immigrant measures that drive patients without papers, and even their citizens, to a bite situation.

Patients who need medical care are increasing Biden era policy Who banned immigration officials from performing operations in “sensitive” areas such as schools, churches and hospitals. Clinics and health plans have adopted similar measures for those in Covid’s evidence, and the renewal of installed strategies to serve patients who fear leaving the house.

Sarah Rosnabjan, an honorary professor of health policies at George Washington University, commented that she had heard clinic officials and colleagues in the sector to say that they suffer from a significant decrease in consultations in person between migrant patients. “I do not think that there is any community health center in the country that does not feel it,” he added.

Jim Mangia, its president and executive director, said that community health clinics in St. John, in the Los Angeles region, which serves nearly 30,000 patients without papers annually, virtual visits led to 8 % of the total appointments to about 25 %.

The organization also records some patients Medical views at homeSpecial donor -funded service, and it has Train on its employees in Reading judicial orders.

“People do not collect their medications.” “They do not see the doctor.”

He added that in the past eight weeks, Federal agents have tried to reach patients in a mobile clinic by St. Jones in Downey and referred to a pistol to an employee during a raid in Mac Arthur.

In July, the Immigration and Customs Control Contractors (ICE) have waited for the patient in Hospital in southern CaliforniaHe accused the federal public prosecutor Two From the health center they claim, it interferes with the attempts of immigration agents to arrest a person at the Ontario Center.

CS, a Huntington Park immigrant without papers, said he joined the logical visits services in St. John in July because he is afraid to leave.

The 71 -year -old woman, who asked to be recognized only by the first letters for fear of deporting her, is that this year has blood tests and other laboratory tests. Very afraid to take the bus, he lacked a modern date with a specialist to review arthritis in his hands. He also suffers from a seed disease and suffers from pain in the leg after the car hit him a few years ago.

“If I am worried because if I don’t come, I can get another setback,” he said. The clinic doctor gave him a number to call if he wanted to make an appointment over the phone. Federal Ministry of Health and Humanitarian Services did not answer KFFHELTH News to search for comments on the impact of raids on patients.

There are no indications that the Trump administration intends to change its strategy.

Federal officials They sought to stop The judge’s arrangement is temporarily arranged the way the raids in southern California are performing after immigrant defenders filed a lawsuit accusing ice by using non -constitutional tactics. On August 1, the United States Court rejected the current, leaving the current restriction order.

In July, the supervisors of Los Angeles Province They ordered the boycott agencies They explore the possibility of expanding virtual dating options after the provincial health services manager noticed a “huge increase” in phone and video visits.

Meanwhile, legislators in California are considering legislation This would restrict the access of immigration agents to places such as schools and health centers; Colorado ruler, democratic Jared Police, chest Similar law in May.

Immigrants and their families are likely to end with more expensive medical care. It is expected MEDICAID modern discounts Nicole Lamorio, head of the National Association for Free and Charitable Clinics, said that the emergency rooms and hospitals are more press.

“The clinics do not try to reach people who are away from medical care only before you suffer from more dangerous conditions, but the health security network will be affected by the increase in demand for the patient,” said Lamorix.

Mitesh Popat, Executive Director of the Venice Family Clinic, explained where there are approximately 90 % of patients at the federal poverty threshold or less, that employees call the patients before the appointments to ask them whether they are planning to go to someone and submit remotely remotely as an option, if they are tense.

They also call if the patient does not appear five minutes after his appointment and provides a distance medicine service as a substitute.

Popat said that the clinic witnessed an increase of about 5 % in remote medical trend visits.

In the Salinas Valley, an area with a large concentration of Spanish agricultural workers, the Salinas Valley’s health clinic began promoting its remote services from the Spanish language in January. Clinics also trained people to use enlargement and other digital platforms in health exhibitions and community meetings.

Calotima Health, which covers nearly one of every three residents of Orange County, the largest Medi-Cal official in the region, has sent more than 250,000 text messages to patients, and encouraged them to use treatment remotely instead of abandoning medical care, according to CEO Michael Hun.

The insurance company has also created a web page with resources for patients looking for attention on the phone or delivering medicines at home.

“Latin society faces fear of fear. They are in the quarantine, as we all had to do this during the Covid-19 pave.”

Isabelle Bekira, Executive Director of Community Health Coalition in Orange County, whose members had an increase of up to 40 % in remote consultations during the past month, said that replacement of medicine is not a long -term solution.

“As a temporary measure, it is very effective,” said Bekira, whose group represents 20 clinics in southern California. “Medical distance has its limits. What happens when the laboratory analysis is needed? You cannot see caries through the screen.”

He explained that this strategy also requires other challenges, such as technical problems with translation services and patients with a limited field of computers or poor Internet access.

And not only immigrants who live in the country without papers are afraid to seek medical attention. In the southeast of Los Angeles Province, VM, a 59 -year -old extremist, relies on her partner to collect purchases and recipes. He only asked to use the first letters to exchange his history, the history of his family and friends for fear that the goal of the attacks will be.

When he ventures, either to the church or his monthly appointment to the rheumatism clinic, he carries his passport and looks dramatically to any car with a small glass.

“I feel crazy,” said VM, who has arrived in the United States more than 40 years ago. “Sometimes I am afraid. Sometimes I feel angry. Sometimes I feel sad.”

The default treatment now is depressed, which started 10 years ago when rheumatoid arthritis forced it to stop working. He is concerned about his older brother, who suffers from high blood pressure and stops going to the doctor, and a friend of the Rheumatology Clinic, who puts ice on his fans and fans because he missed his dates for four consecutive months.

“Someone must interact or people will begin to collapse in the streets and die,” he said.