For many years, Dr. José Gabriel López-Plascencia was one of the few Spanish-speaking doctors South Phoenix -- someone poor Latinos in the area knew they could go to for health care. Lopez, who died in June, is one of 163,000 killed by COVID-19 in the U.S.
"I remember him with that smile," says Blanca Fernández. She's in her quiet living room in Phoenix looking at a faded photo of a young Dr. López and his wife from their anniversary party."They were always having fiestas and we were always there, singing and dancing," she says."We wereHer photo is proof that Dr. López was a sharp dresser. He's wearing a black tuxedo with ruffles and a big bow tie.
"People knew where they could go for help, and that was Dr. López," says former patient Abe Arvizu Jr. He can still picture the crowded waiting room inside Dr. López's office."It was wall-to-wall — no room — and people out in the hallway waiting. And they were mostly undocumented, or farm workers, or just the poor people from the surrounding areas."
"They would exchange," says Arvizu Jr."For a lot of people in the barrios, that's how you survived. Whether you did lawns, whether you did cement work, brick work, or whether you had a bakery or made food — [The López's] always had food at their house."
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