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Supervisors call for diversity in L.A. County health care facilities

by City News Service • July 19, 2017

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to diversify the pool of doctors working at county hospitals, trauma centers and health care facilities.

Supervisor Hilda Solis proposed coordinating with labor unions to recruit more “culturally and linguistically competent physicians” to staff the second largest municipal healthcare system in the nation.

“By ensuring that our physicians are as diverse as the patients they see, we place a strong emphasis on effective and culturally appropriate services,” Solis said. “This is about hiring and equipping our local working men and women with the leadership, training and skills needed to best serve the needs of our diverse communities.”

The board also hopes to reduce the number of contract physicians and become the employer of choice for medical residents in training at county facilities.

Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, who co-authored the motion, said the county employs more than 4,000 doctors and offers one of the largest physician training programs nationwide.

“It is important that we review our hiring practices to ensure that our hospitals and clinics can continue to effectively compete for the best doctors, and that the many physicians we train will choose to stay here,” Kuehl said.

The motion drew union support.

“Union of American Physicians and Dentists doctors appreciate that Supervisors Solis and Kuehl are taking steps to ensure that there are enough county doctors to serve the needs of all Los Angeles residents,” said UAPD President Stuart Bussey. “What they are proposing here should be a model for other counties, most of which are facing similar recruitment challenges.”

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Filed Under: Health, Politics

6 comments for "Supervisors call for diversity in L.A. County health care facilities"

  1. Martin King says

    July 22, 2017 at 10:39 pm

    Merit should ALWAYS trump diversity…. I want the best Dr possible, not because they “look like me”

  2. charlie says

    July 20, 2017 at 9:24 am

    I prefer a qualified physician than one who got the job based on their ethnicity.

    • Tim Scott says

      July 20, 2017 at 10:40 am

      No doubt you also think the “fun” of being a gynecologist should be reserved only for men.

  3. Marty says

    July 19, 2017 at 9:33 am

    … mandatory gender and socio-ethnic minimums, for the contemporary sanctuary city approved organizations: Asians, 2-5%; Mexicans, no less than 65% of total; Afro-Americans, 25%; big-boosie women; 75%; lesbians, gay-boys and sissy-boys, 20%; trannies and hermaphrodites, 5%; college educated white males, no more than 3% of total –

    • BobM says

      July 19, 2017 at 10:52 am

      unbelievably accurate

    • Kent says

      July 19, 2017 at 11:52 am

      you forgot, squeeze in another 15%, for angry Muslim women enshrouded in burkas

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