Heard on the Hill: Doctor/Candidate to the Rescue

• By Elizabeth Brotherton and Alison McSherry
• Roll Call Staff
• Aug. 3, 2010, Midnight

Manan Trivedi wants to be the resident doctor in the House — the Democrat is aiming to unseat Pennsylvania Rep. Jim Gerlach (R) in November. But when he visited D.C. on Thursday, the doctor left his own fundraiser to help a woman suffering from a seizure.