A local nurse practitioner is transforming medical care in some underserved DC communities with a unique idea: Opening clinics inside apartments for public.
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Ivy Young has been eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine since Jan. 11 but has not gotten vaccinated. She wants to. But like some D.C. residents, she is homebound and cannot leave her house to visit one of D.C.’s vaccine sites.
“I don’t leave my house because of my breathing condition,” says Young, 73. “If I were to go out, it would be a whole production.” She requires oxygen 24 hours a day and a wheelchair to leave her home.