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M. J. Friedrich

JAMA. 1999;282:420-421.

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The refugees I worked with were so kind and caring toward each other, so willing to help, they taught me that humanity can survive in such a situation," Mary Lightfine, RN, an emergency room nurse from Florida who worked as a volunteer with Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) in the northern Macedonian camp of Cegrane, recounted recently.

An aged Kosovar waits outside the Doctors of the World clinic in the Senekos refugee camp. (Photo credit: Cindy Karp)

A seasoned volunteer, Lightfine has worked in war zones around the globe, including Somalia, where she was shot at, threatened, and held at gunpoint. She arrived in Skopje, Macedonia, aboard a 23-year-old cargo plane on April 8 and spent several days in different camps, including Brazda and Raduchia, and then moved on to Cegrane, where she helped set up the medical program and staff the clinic. She . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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