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Emergency Room Doctor Returns to His Roots in 'Brick City'

Emergency Room Doctor Returns to His Roots in 'Brick City'

03/20/2013

PBS News Hour

Emergency Room Doctor Returns to His Roots in 'Brick City'

Clip: 3/20/2013 | 9m 28s

Emergency Room Doctor Returns to His Roots in 'Brick City'

In his new book, "Living and Dying in Brick City," Dr. Sampson Davis recounts his return to his hometown of Newark, N.J., as an emergency room physician. Ray Suarez talks with Davis about his path: from robbing drug dealers to becoming a doctor at a top hospital and working on the front lines of his struggling community.

03/20/2013

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