SAN DIEGO — Owning and operating South Bay Urgent Care has given doctors Kimberly and Matthew Dickson an intimate look at the health struggles of the people who live in this part of San Diego.
The couple said the decades-long problem of raw sewage and contaminated stormwater from Mexico flowing into the United States has left residents in the South Bay of San Diego sick.
“We see patients with GI illness — so vomiting and diarrhea when the pollution levels are high,” Dr. Kimberly Dickson said. “We also see a lot of asthma patients because the hydrogen sulfide from the sewage in the water is elevated in the air; so we see the air pollution affecting patients, the water pollution affecting patients.”…