Cleanup continues at one East Side location of Multi-Cultural Health Evaluation Delivery System (MHEDS) after water damaged a large part of the facility Wednesday morning.
The flooding destroyed the organization’s only phlebotomy lab, along with lab supplies, computers, furniture, and essential medical equipment. MHEDS leaders said the water damage originated from the upstairs portion of the building at 2021 E. 20th Street.
The loss of the phlebotomy lab is significant for MHEDS because it provided many patients — 87% of whom either do not speak English as a first language or speak a language other than English — with a place to receive necessary lab work…