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Gehrke: Three ghosts should visit the small band trying to drive a homeless medical clinic out of their Utah neighborhood

“If they would rather die,” said Scrooge, “they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.”

Crushing medical bills resulting from his diabetes forced 56-year-old Orval Boss to the streets. Already having endured four amputations and suffering from a heart condition and a bone infection in his foot, Boss has now found refuge and care thanks to The INN Between.

The INN Between opened in a cozy neighborhood north of Salt Lake City’s Sugar House neighborhood six months ago, designed to provide medical treatment and end-of-life care to as many as 50 of our community’s homeless residents.