Within the walls of the ICE detention center, another patient feared for his life knowing he was susceptible to severe illness from COVID-19 due to asthma and other chronic conditions. To continue flattening the curve, we urge him to protect our patients from dangerous conditions in ICE detention centers by ceasing California’s collaboration with ICE from our jails and state prisons. Now is the time to make critical decisions that will save lives and protect the health of all Californians. Dr. Nicole Tantoco, ObGyn Resident Physician at UCSFDr. Nhi Tran, Family Medicine Resident Physician at UCSFDr. Hedieh Matinrad, Internal Medicine Resident Physician at Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterDr. Michelle Lough, Family Medicine Resident Physician at UCSFDr. Silvia Fonseca, Family Medicine Resident Physician at Contra Costa Regional Medical CenterThe views expressed in this piece are our own. He died of apparent suicide https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-05-20/immigrant-ice-detention-suicide-coronavirus#####If you find our journalism valuable and relevant, please consider joining our Examiner membership program.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 28, 2020 08:26 UTC