When the system falls short<\/p>\n
For some Delaware residents, the cracks in the health care system aren\u2019t just data points, they\u2019re personal.<\/p>\n
Ziulin Moreno, a 57-year-old Georgetown resident, said she has faced repeated challenges accessing care. Despite living near clinics like La Red Health Center, long wait times and limited provider availability have left her without timely treatment \u2014 even during emergencies.<\/p>\n
\u201cBueno, f\u00edjate que yo soy diab\u00e9tica. Entonces, yo vine y quise registrarme en La Red, orque es lo que tengo m\u00e1s cerca. Entonces, resulta que no pude registrarme porque la cita para que me pudieran ver por primera vez y todo aquello, me la dieron para enero\u201d, ella dijo.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, you see, I\u2019m diabetic. So, I came and wanted to register at La Red, because it\u2019s the closest place to me. So, it turns out I couldn\u2019t register because the appointment for them to see me for the first time and everything was scheduled for January,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
That monthslong wait left her vulnerable \u2014 and alone in critical moments.<\/p>\n
\u201cYo tuve una emergencia m\u00e9dica y no pude conseguir que me atendieran. Inclusive tuve una emergencia tambi\u00e9n odontol\u00f3gica y tuve que buscar la manera de llegarle a alguien de las del directorio para que me pudieran atender la emergencia. Porque no hab\u00eda posibilidad. No hab\u00eda m\u00e9dicos y los pocos m\u00e9dicos tienen las agendas ocupadas\u201d, dijo Moreno.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had a medical emergency and couldn\u2019t get treatment. I even had a dental emergency, and I had to find a way to reach someone on the board so they could treat me. Because there wasn\u2019t any way. There were no doctors, and the few doctors had full schedules,\u201d Moreno said.<\/p>\n
Her experience is common in southern Delaware, where a shortage of bilingual, culturally competent providers compounds existing care access issues.<\/p>\n
\u201cNecesitamos m\u00e1s consultas \u2026, porque la gente va a pedir una consulta y se la dan para dentro de tres o cuatro meses. Eso no est\u00e1 bien \u2026 Porque las personas necesitan la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica preventiva a tiempo, no despu\u00e9s\u201d, ella dijo.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need more appointments \u2026 because people are going to ask for an appointment and they\u2019re given one three or four months away. That\u2019s not right \u2026 Because people need preventive medical care on time, not after the fact,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When the system falls short For some Delaware residents, the cracks in the health care system aren\u2019t just…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77901,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[1115,55053,37151,97,252,253],"class_list":{"0":"post-77900","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health-care","8":"tag-elderly","9":"tag-first-state-focus","10":"tag-growing-golden-aging-with-purpose","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-health-care","13":"tag-healthcare"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}