South Dakota is a long way from Haiti but you wouldn’t think so from the energy and attitudes of the Avera Hospital System teams that come to visit us three times each year. The gifts they bring, their expertise and their boundless enthusiasm make their visits memorable ones. We were blessed to have an Avera team with us again at the beginning of October, led by Haiti team coordinator Kathy English, RN. Her husband, Gil, who is an OB/gyne doctor, accompanied her on this visit, having been here last May. Word of his visit got out and we ended up seeing record numbers of patients in the clinic with Dr. Gil doing dozens and dozens of Pap tests. We were grateful for the opportunity to provi
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