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CLĂ?NICA MEDICOS
Serving the Community Through COVID-19 and Beyond
Without a doubt, 2020 has posed many challenges inside of our community, for patients, and for health care workers. Clinica Medicos, from the beginning, recognized early that the burden of COVID-19 would weigh heavily inside of the Latino community, which we care for so deeply. The timeline of our efforts began in March 2020 when we placed ourselves on the frontline and administered our first COVID-19 tests. At that time, there was 20 LAPAZCHATTANOOGA.ORG
such a shortage of PPE supplies and tests to administer, along with high turnaround times for results, that placed real panic inside of the emerging pandemic. Our team recognized that those with already existing barriers to healthcare were going to be disproportionately affected and lost inside of a complicated medical system, especially those who were uninsured and undocumented. Our charge was to forge a path whereby testing and the
delivery of healthcare inside of the pandemic would be equitable and direct. Great strength arose from the many community partnerships that merged on account of trusting that we would remain open and reliable in the delivery of medical services to our Latino community. In concert with the Hamilton County Health Department, La Paz, the United Way, the Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga, Baylor Laboratory, and
