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On the recordMarch 16, 2009
We need more primary care physicians, but I can tell you in Las Vegas, we have a serious shortage of nephrologists.
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Shelley Berkley
Democratic · Nevada

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Berkley stresses the need for more primary care physicians and specialists in Las Vegas.

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