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Raul Ruiz: “I have taken care hundreds of patients who have come in respiratory arrest from opioid overdose.”

On the recordOctober 24, 2017
I have taken care hundreds of patients who have come in respiratory arrest from opioid overdose.
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Raul Ruiz
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Ruiz shares his experience as an emergency physician treating opioid overdose cases.

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