Black and Latino patients are much more likely than whites to undergo amputations related to diabetes
Los AngelesOn his regular rounds at the University of Southern California's Keck Hospital, Dr. David Armstrong lives a brutal injustice of American health care.
Each week, dozens of patients with diabetes come to him with deep wounds, severe infections and poor circulation -- debilitating complications of a disease that has spiraled out of control. He works to save their limbs, but sometimes Armstrong and his team must resort to amputation to save the patient, a painful and life-altering measure he knows is nearly always preventable. For decades now, the American medical establishment has known how to manage diabetes.
"I saw them die young," he said."I don't want to be the next one."Like Moss, Delgado didn't always have insurance. And he didn't seek care for his diabetes until the symptoms got dire. Delgado used to work at a dry cleaning shop but had to stop because he doesn't have the balance he once did. His blood pressure fluctuates dangerously, and he needs dialysis three times a week for kidney failure.
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