Puerto Ricans Seek To Rebuild A Shattered Health Care System After Hurricane Maria
“While Hurricane Maria no longer makes headlines every day on the United States’ mainland, Puerto Ricans are still recovering physically and emotionally from the island’s most devastating storm in decades. Doctors and medical professionals are needed more than ever. Even before the storm, Puerto Rico’s financial crisis had driven doctors away from the island in search of jobs elsewhere. Between 2006 and 2016, 5,000 doctors emigrated away. Furthering the medical crisis, an estimated 10 doctors per day have left the island since the storm, according to local news outlet El Nuevo Día.”