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“The Pitt” Name-Checked Them in a Crisis Storyline. In Real Life, They Do This Every Day.
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“The Pitt” Name-Checked Them in a Crisis Storyline. In Real Life, They Do This Every Day.

Direct Relief·Talya Meyers·about 1 month ago
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Dr. Dallas Malzi learned from colleagues on Friday morning that the community health center where he worked had been mentioned by name on The Pitt, HBO Max’s widely admired show about hospital workers in Pittsburgh. One of the show’s ongoing storylines involves a construction worker with no health insurance who arrives at the ER with an injured shoulder, only to be quickly diagnosed with diabetic ketoacidosis, a life-threatening diabetes complication. The tests and treatment he receives save his life, but rack up many thousands of dollars in medical bills he can’t afford. In an effort to find an affordable solution, one of the show’s doctors offers up “we’ll get together everything you need at home – and a referral to North Side Christian Health Center.” The particulars of the patient’s story were fiction. Dr.…

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