A Doctor Has Spent Decades Dressing Up Like A Homeless Man. The Reason Is Fantastic.

What would prompt a highly educated person to start dressing like a homeless person and working with another man who “terrified” him? Doing good, of course!

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Jan 13, 2014

If you’re interested in learning more about what Dr. Jim Withers is doing to provide medical care to the homeless, you can read all about it. Operation Safety Net is the organization he works for, and he founded a non-profit, Street Medicine Institute, to help other medical providers offer care to the homeless.

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