"SAT" by Danielle Ofri

In a life of poverty, illnesses surround its inhabitant. From poor nutrition to unfit living conditions come afflictions that range from a cough to polio. And as a society we preoccupy ourselves with the short comings of poverty. Creating a revolving door at hospitals treating the poor for their present illnesses, but paying no mind in preventing them for the future. In Danielle Ofri's "SAT," Ofri describes her experience as a doctor treating an impoverished unambitious young man, Nemesio Rios. …