Yuma Regional Medical Center CEO Dr. Robert Transchel relayed his concerns about an influx of migrant patients receiving care while being unable to cover the costs.
Yuma Medical Center President and CEO Dr. Robert Transchel says the hospital receives no government funds for migrant patient care, straining medical resources.
Dr. Robert Transchel, the president and CEO of Yuma, Arizona's Yuma Regional Medical Center, told co-hsot Rachel Campos-Duffy Sunday on""It's been a long journey," he said."We've been at this for well over a year now. We tracked our uncompensated care for a period of over six months, and we calculated that we've provided over $20 million in uncompensated care to the migrants crossing the border.
Transchel said neither the city, the state nor the federal government is providing funds to accommodate the costs associated with the migrant influx.Alejandro Mayorkas"We just don't have a payer source. Everybody is sympathetic, and everybody lends a listening ear, but nobody has a solution," he said.
Immigrants wait to be processed by the U.S. Border Patrol after crossing the border from Mexico, with the U.S.-Mexico border barrier in the background, on August 6, 2022 in Yuma, Arizona.Transchel said the hospital will keep functioning, adding that most hospitals operate on a"very thin margin."
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