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An ICU patient with a nearly fatal brain injury was so inspired by the PA who treated him at Hartford HealthCare’s St. Vincent Medical Center that he decided to become a PA himself.

David Cooper now hopes to bring care to those the way he was cared for by Hartford HealthCare.