Patients experiencing homelessness need more than a cure
During my first week as a clinic operations volunteer at Lawndale Christian Health Center, I expected to learn about medicine. Instead, I learned about a scooter.
This scooter belonged to a certain Mr. Simmons (or so I will call him). Mr. Simmons was a man experiencing homelessness who was beloved by the Lawndale Mobile Care Team (the group which provides health care to Chicago’s homeless shelters) because of his unwavering optimism …
Patients experiencing homelessness need more than a cure
