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the village of Qana Hawk Alaska .

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Medical care is limited to a community

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health aides can provide in a small

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clinic on the outskirts of town .

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During arctic care 2009 , the clinic

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received something that normally don't

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have medical physicians . Medical

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physician Commander Greg Taylor was

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part of the medical team attached to

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Quinta Hawk and provide a general

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health care for the local residents .

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Even to see a primary care doctor , a

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physician's assistant , they have to

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travel a long ways . Um I think I've

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been able to at least streamline the

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process a little bit . I can see them ,

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I can refer them to their specialty

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clinics so that they hopefully they can

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get in and get there , get their

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specially care in a more expedited

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fashion . The isolation of the town

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makes it difficult for people to get

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certain healthcare and vaccines and

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arctic care was able to bring much of

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this directly to the people . There has

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been a number of cases that we see that

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I could treat here with what we have

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here . It would be prevented them

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having to fly all the way to bethel are

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to Anchorage to see a doctor for a ,

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for routine medical care that we that

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we take for granted . Quinta Hawk was

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just one of 14 villages covered by

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different medical teams during

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operation , arctic care . Airman first

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class jay Hernandez Quinnipiac Alaska