Moya Birth Story It’s what was happening in Italy or Spain
Moya was born at Elmhurst hospital, worked there before he joined the city council, and has represented the hospital for 10 years. He has had daily phone calls with the hospital’s CEO.
“It’s what was happening in Italy or Spain, but it’s happening in our backyards – in Queens,” he said.
“It’s real and troubling and scary and when you have a high rate of undocumented people who have to work,” said Moya, citing the many food delivery workers, recent immigrants, low-wage and contract workers who live in the area, “they’re not given the right protection.”
Moya and fellow council member Carline Rivera wrote a letter to Donald Trump on Thursday saying the hospital and others in Queens were “besieged” and calling for more resources.
“Elmhurst and Queens hospitals is besieged by this disease. If you speak with any of the staff there, the desperation in their voices is unmistakable,” they wrote.
“Doctors describe scenes in apocalyptic terms. Patients are reportedly dying in the emergency room still waiting for a bed. Residents line the block, standing inside barricades and in the rain waiting to get tested.”
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