Operation Safety Net a Model for National, Global Programs that Provide Medical Care for the Homeless from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"Jim Withers, who founded Operation Safety Net in 1992, says his early years of practicing street medicine in Pittsburgh were a product of his imagination. "I made it up, and I had a philosophy that drove it. It's 'The streets have to teach health care how to meet them on their terms.' " And have they? "They've taught us a great deal, and they're continuing," he said. "I feel like we're in the, maybe, sixth grade at best, but we're learning." And Dr. Withers, along with Operation Safety Net program director Linda Sheets, has shared those lessons with the rest of the world."
"Jim Withers, who founded Operation Safety Net in 1992, says his early years of practicing street medicine in Pittsburgh were a product of his imagination. "I made it up, and I had a philosophy that drove it. It's 'The streets have to teach health care how to meet them on their terms.' " And have they? "They've taught us a great deal, and they're continuing," he said. "I feel like we're in the, maybe, sixth grade at best, but we're learning." And Dr. Withers, along with Operation Safety Net program director Linda Sheets, has shared those lessons with the rest of the world."
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