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Retired Doctors Give Free Medical Care at their Community Clinic (Video)

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02 Jul 2009 39 views
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Retired Doctors Give Free Medical Care at their Community Clinic (Video)
Two boyhood friends who know what it's like to struggle in lower income families, together made it through medical school and now, 60 years later, they've come together again to provide free medical care to their community.

Two boyhood friends who know what it's like to struggle in lower income families, together made it through medical school and now, 60 years later, they've come together again to provide free medical care to their community.

They coax companies into giving them free supplies or drugs to ease the burden.

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