Arechiga checks on an intubated COVID-19 patient. The floor was converted to an ICU unit the week before to help with the surplus of COVID-19 patients.

Published January 21, 2021 at 2488 × 1657 in ‘The Separate and Unequal Health System’ Highlighted By COVID-19

LOS ANGELES, CA – Maria Arechiga, a Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Charge Nurse, checks on an intubated COVID-19 patient in the ICU of Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital on Friday Jan. 15, 2021. The floor was converted to an ICU unit the week before to help with the surplus of COVID-19 patients.