Mark Wilkerson talks about the pressure he’s under after being laid off from his job as a supply clerk. He doesn’t know when he’ll find work and is struggling to manage his health without insurance. But Mark believes God will bless him. “It’s gonna be all right.”
Guadalupe Zavala waits in the Highland Hospital ER waiting room for her brother to receive treatment for high sugar levels.
In the summer of 2009 Andrew Morris was shot in the head in a road rage incident while driving with his three young children in Oakland, CA. With the courageous help of his children he survived and spent a month recovering at Alameda County Medical Center’s Highland Hospital. He was later transferred to Fairmont Rehabilitation Hospital where he received physical, occupational and speech therapy. Now he’s going home without health insurance, not knowing if all the bills will be paid.
William Morgan and his three sons Matthew, Joshua and Andrew wait for their mom to get medication to treat her diabetes.
In a hospital that serves as diverse a population as Oakland, translators are a necessity.
Harry Caldwell talks about his view that health care should be a basic right.
Josette Richard at Highland with her daughter. They are there to get the TB test required before a local shelter will grant them a bed.
Takara Shaw and Ethel Paskel talk about health care and the economy.
Champagne Washington recovers after being assaulted by an old boyfriend and his friends. After spending a couple of nervous hours in the waiting room with Highland social worker Pat Hanson, Champagne’s mother is allowed back to see her daughter.
