Almost 1,000 people wait up to 13 hours for COVID-19 testing in Maryvale, Az.
Members of the community were forced to wait in line as long as 13 hours for free drive-up COVID-19 testing in the neighborhood of Maryvale in southwest Phoenix on Saturday.
The testing blitz was organized by Equality Health in partnership with the City of Phoenix and Sonora Quest Laboratories at Desert West Sports Complex. It was intended to run from 5:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. However, by 6 p.m., there were still several people in cars waiting in line to be served, some of whom had arrived before the testing blitz began that morning.
Juan Tena said that his grandmother, Alicia Saucedo got in line at Desert West Sports Complex at 5:30 a.m., hoping to be there early enough that she wouldn’t have to wait in the heat to be tested. However, more than nine hours later,she still had not been seen.
“Having the heat/sun come down on (her) vehicle even though they had A/C, it began to make my grandma very ill,” Tena said. “She has preconditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes. She had been having a very nasty cough along with other COVID symptoms.”
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2020/06/21/coronavirus-testing-long-wait-turned-away-covid-19-tests-maryvale-arizona/3233532001/
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