Russell Ledet, a medical student at Tulane University, stands outside Baton Rouge General Medical Center. Ledet formerly worked as a security guard at the hospital./Credit:	Russell Ledet

Russell Ledet, a medical student at Tulane University, stands outside Baton Rouge General Medical Center. Ledet formerly worked as a security guard at the hospital./Credit: Russell Ledet

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A Black medical student is working the front lines of the pandemic at the same hospital where he once was a security guard

Russell Ledet didn't think going to college was in the cards for him because of how much it was going to cost.