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Carmen Yulin Cruz: People that are at home are elderly, they don't have their insulin, they lost their heart medications, they lost their…

On the recordSeptember 20, 2017
People that are at home are elderly, they don't have their insulin, they lost their heart medications, they lost their blood pressure medications. And if we don't get to them in time, it is those that I cannot get to that really worry me the most.
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Carmen Yulin Cruz

Editor's note · Context

The mayor expresses concern for the elderly residents who are unable to access their necessary medications after Hurricane Maria.

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