How one hospital is scrambling to deal with a shortage of a critical drug, and the changes needed to fix chronic supply chain issues.
Andrea Perdomo-Hernandez
Andrea Perdomo-Hernandez is a transportation reporter for WBUR.
Previously, she was a freelance producer for WBUR’s Radio Boston and a producer for Tradeoffs.
Perdomo-Hernandez is from South Florida, where she was a reporter for public radio stations in Miami and Fort Myers. She also produced for regional and statewide public affairs programs. She has won regional and national awards for her reporting on the environment and migrant communities.
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