These student doctors, nurses and physician assistants are the front line of health care for asylum-seekers in the nation’s third-largest city, filling a gap in Chicago’s haphazard response.
“My team is a team that shouldn’t have to exist, but it does out of necessity,” said Sara Izquierdo, a University of Illinois Chicago medical student who helped found the group.
Political Cartoons View All 1230 ImagesIzquierdo noted the medical care gap months ago, consulted experienced doctors and designed a street-medicine model tailored to migrants' medical needs.
The migrants’ health problems tend to be related to their journey or living in crowded conditions.
“You’re not going to tell a person who has gone through this journey to stop smoking,” said Ruben Santos, a Rush University medical student.
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