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Jul 8, 2009
"The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own." --Benjamin Disraeli
A Retired Doctor Reaches Out
Three years ago, Everett Atkinson was a medical disaster waiting to happen. The 6-foot-7 homeless man couldn't stand up long without his legs swelling dangerously. His heart was bad, his circulatory system was damaged and his body was giving out after years of alcoholism, drug abuse and neglect. Help came his way, unexpectedly, from a doctor who had bought StreetWise newspapers from Atkinson for years. When Dr. Allen Goldberg learned Atkinson had been thrown out of a flophouse because he couldn't pay the bill, the doctor offered him a chance to live in his building for a while and rebuild his health.
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