Dr. Jim Withers
For 24-years, Jim and his medical team have walked the streets of Pittsburgh, treating homeless people.
They also walk along river banks, into abandoned buildings and under bridges and freeways and have now treated over 10,000 people. Please enjoy this remarkable story:
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Among Jim’s street patients are “runaway kids, 85-year-olds, pregnant women,” and anyone else he finds in need.
Jim works the streets, but now also offers a mobile medical unit and drop-in centers, so that as many homeless people as possible can be helped.
Dr. Jim Withers speaks with a homeless man in Pittsburg, in 1993
In addition, as patient advocates, Jim and his team help the homeless receive medical insurance, housing and other services to make their lives better.
Why do this? Jim told CNN, “We should take pride in when we can actually treat [homeless] people the way we want to be treated.”
To see Jim and his medical team in action in a 1 minute, 51 second video: http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2015/05/07/cnnheroes-jim-withers.cnn/video/playlists/heroes-top-ten/
