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Ernest N Patti
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A physician has initiated a fundraising campaign with Help Hope Live to assist his family with meeting the immense financial burden of their son’s recent spinal cord injury.
Estimates place first-year SCI costs at $700,000 with an additional $120,000 in subsequent years.
Written by Emily Progin