Resident Physician Contributing Writer
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Karim is a PGY-1 in the Montefiore Primary Care and Social Internal Medicine Program and a member of PPF-PA.
I learned to trust my own discomfort as an indicator of the toxic power dynamics that breed abuse for both patients and health workers. I became even more attuned to the pitfalls of professionalism because of my membership in Put People First! PA (PPF-PA), a human rights organization made up of working-class people building power to win universal health care.
I had just started my first clerkship of third year at a nearby hospital when the news broke. Hahnemann Hospital, the main teaching hospital of my medical school, was closing. More accurately, the hedge fund manager who purchased the hospital a year earlier was filing for bankruptcy. He separated the valuable Center City real estate from the hospital itself to ensure a tidy profit for investors at the expense of patients and staff.
Resident Physician Contributing Writer
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Karim is a PGY-1 in the Montefiore Primary Care and Social Internal Medicine Program and a member of PPF-PA.
