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On the recordSeptember 15, 2014
That I think is an indication, at least a few years ago, a snapshot of the scarcity of medical professionals at the highest level, doctors and such.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin highlights the shortage of physicians in Sierra Leone and Liberia.

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