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I joke, but I only half joke, that if you come to one of our hospitals missing a limb, no one will believe you till they get a CAT scan, MRI, or orthopedic consult.
Abraham Verghese
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Abraham Verghese
Age: 70
Born: 1955
Born: January 1
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Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
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