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Eliza Partika
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Eliza Partika is a multimedia journalist covering the intersection of health equity and justice. Following her graduation from UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism in 2022, she was a writer for Medscape Medical News and WebMD covering primary care, reproductive health and pediatrics. Today, Partika is a freelancer for AfroLA, a nonprofit newsroom that reports on Los Angeles through the lens of Black Angelenos’ experiences, and the Glendale News Press, a community newspaper.
In Los Angeles, patients can wait for hours to be seen in the emergency department, while some lie in hallways for days at a time.