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On the recordApril 5, 2011
Fifty-two counties is a third of the State of Illinois, and at that time we would have to airlift folks who are in critical acts.
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John Shimkus
Republican · Illinois

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Shimkus highlights the lack of neurosurgeons in rural Illinois affecting patient safety.

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