Houston is a good place to get sick. Immigration helps…
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Houston is a good place to get sick. Immigration helps make that possible.
The Houston Chronicle has an op-ed from a UH professor who spent 13 years in the Texas Medical Center and realized that many of the people taking care of him were immigrants. Here's a key quote:
>When I was hired for a fellowship at Rice University in 2006, one of my interviewers spoke favorably about healthcare options here. I still remember him saying, “Houston is a good place to get sick.”
>This year, I put his conviction to the test with a 13-night stay at Houston Methodist Hospital in the Texas Medical Center. I was admitted after an allergic reaction to a drug selected by my insurance provider over the recommendation of my specialist. For nearly two weeks, I got to know Methodist’s doctors, nurses and other staff well. They were competent and kind, and many of them weren’t born in this country.
>At the end of my stay, amid the Trump administration’s sweeping anti-immigrant rhetoric, I wondered: Will these immigrant healthcare workers continue to come here?
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The Houston Chronicle has an op-ed from a UH professor who spent 13 years in the Texas Medical Center and realized that many of the people taking care of him were immigrants. Here's a key quote:
>When I was hired for a fellowship at Rice University in 2006, one of my interviewers spoke favorably about healthcare options here. I still remember him saying, “Houston is a good place to get sick.”
>This year, I put his conviction to the test with a 13-night stay at Houston Methodist Hospital in the Texas Medical Center. I was admitted after an allergic reaction to a drug selected by my insurance provider over the recommendation of my specialist. For nearly two weeks, I got to know Methodist’s doctors, nurses and other staff well. They were competent and kind, and many of them weren’t born in this country.
>At the end of my stay, amid the Trump administration’s sweeping anti-immigrant rhetoric, I wondered: Will these immigrant healthcare workers continue to come here?
#local
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