A Denver MD has spent 2 decades working with hospitalized patients experiencing homelessness − here’s what she fears and what gives her hope
- Written by Sarah Stella, Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
People experiencing homelessness are more likely to end up in the emergency room.Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images On a recent early fall morning, hope was in short supply.
My first patient was a regular. Mr. D was a man in his 50s with diabetes. He had been living on Denver’s streets for most of the past five years, two...