As with many teaching hospitals, something of a trade was involved. The patients, often poor, received care regardless of their ability to pay. In exchange, budding doctors learned their craft by practicing on them. The hospital served a prison population as well. It seemed like a good fit for Pou, who enjoyed teaching and had a passion for treating the poor, as her father had done.
Experimentation on underfunded and under supperted populations essentially
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