KETV Omaha: Doc Runs 'Donations Only' Clinic

[OmahaBlueDog]

Shoebox Used To Collect Contributions

ATLANTIC, Iowa -- Dr. Keith Swanson, 78, decided to forego retirement. Instead, he reopened his small Iowa clinic and opted not to charge 99 percent of his patients.

That was 12 years ago. The "donations only" office, a half block from Atlantic's town square, has been open ever since.

"I've always enjoyed helping people," Swanson said.

Swanson doesn't have any hobbies. He said he thought about working for free, overseas, but his wife Berniece thought differently.

"She said, 'You don't need to go somewhere and do missionary work,'" Swanson said.

Read more at: http://www.ketv.com/news/26671354/detail.html

[Dokkie]

1. I saw that on the news

I guess is that the line outside his office would run up and down dodge street. I am thinking about paying him a visit my self. I been having pains in the knee, finger and wrist joints and am afraid it might be arthritis :(

[vim876]

2. Swanson '12! n/t