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Episode 7 - Telemedicine

Health Care is a growing concern around the country. For the most part political debate centers on the affordability of treatment , not its availability. But in Alaska, the opposite is true. Some remote villages are lucky to have a clinic. As KUAC's Robert Hannon reports, a telemedicine system is offering a promising technology to Alaska's far flung communities.


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