Doctors at the Imperial Beach Community Clinic, a federally qualified health center providing healthcare to 10,000 uninsured and low-income patients in Imperial Beach and surrounding communities, are publicly accusing clinic leaders of mismanaging the 54-year-old community institution, resulting in a budget crisis, a staff exodus and lapses in patient care.

In an open letter posted last week on social media and in subsequent interviews with Voice of San Diego, doctors and other medical providers at the safety-net clinic said the clinic is close to running out of money to pay its bills and is losing key staff at a time when federal healthcare cuts make providing affordable care to low-income patients more crucial than ever.

“The clinic is falling apart,” doctors said in the open letter, w

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