Inside the Public Hospitals Trying to Save New York
The city’s municipal hospitals are unified by a seemingly impossible mission: to care for everyone, regardless of their ability to pay. This is their moment.
Photographs by Philip Montgomery and
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The city’s municipal hospitals are unified by a seemingly impossible mission: to care for everyone, regardless of their ability to pay. This is their moment.
Photographs by Philip Montgomery and
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