By Jenny Manrique, Mission Local
For two years, Cristina Marquez, 43, an immigrant from Mexico living in the Mission District, made numerous visits to San Francisco General Hospital, but never managed to see a doctor. “I suffered too much,” she said of those years of inexplicable nosebleeds.
A lack of insurance meant she could not see a doctor, she said. Instead, nurses gave her cotton gauzes and, at best, clamps to stop the bleeding. Then one day, a doctor solved her problem in five minutes. “Finally, a doctor had enough compassion for me and cauterized the vein,” Marquez said.
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