Bayou La Batre Doctor Is Obama's Pick For Surgeon General

Bayou La Batre Doctor Is Obama&#8217;s Pick For Surgeon General (Added: July 13, 2009)

Dr. Regina Benjamin made headlines in the wake of Hurricane Katrina with her determination to rebuild her rural health clinic in Bayou La Batre which serves 4400 patients who would be hard-pressed to (more)

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Bayou La Batre Doctor Is Obama's Pick For Surgeon General

Dr. Regina Benjamin made headlines in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, with her determination to rebuild her rural health clinic in Bayou La Batre which serves 4,400 patients who would be hard-pressed to find care elsewhere.

By: Jamie Burch | WKRG-TV
Published: July 13, 2009

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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama nominated for surgeon
general a rural family physician who has faced hurricanes, flood
and fire to care for impoverished patients along Alabama's Gulf
Coast.
Obama says Dr. Regina Benjamin understands the needs of the poor
and uninsured, making her uniquely qualified to be America's doctor
as his administration tries to revamp the health care system.
For her part, Benjamin on Monday ticked off preventable diseases
that have claimed nearly all her relatives - diabetes, high blood
pressure, lung cancer.
She pledged to fight so that, in her words, "no one falls
through the cracks as we improve our health care system."

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