UCI Medical Center’s Losses and the Health Care Crisis
The plight of the poor and the necessity for medical research and education have come into horrible conflict in our county. Orange County and the state are relying on an institution whose primary purpose is to expand knowledge, teach physicians and improve health care for all of us. The UCI Medical Center cannot be expected to carry the burden of indigent health care.
How tragic it would be if health care in Orange County deteriorated. How precarious our lives would become if our only Level 1 trauma center closed, our nationally recognized burn center shut its doors, our extraordinary neonatal intensive care facility no longer saved our children.
UCIMC is a precious resource. We should not stand by and watch the crisis in indigent health care jeopardize an institution whose existence is crucial to all of the people of Orange County. UCIMC should not become a victim to circumstances over which it has no control.
MRS. WILLIAM FICKER
President
Support Foundation Inc.
UC Irvine College of Medicine
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