Both Hospitals Were Destroyed (Hurricane Series Part 2 of 2)
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Max meets up with Dr. Marcella Nuñez-Smith, a physician and health equity researcher at Yale University and a native of Saint Thomas. They discuss the after-math of hurricanes Irma and Maria in the Virgin Islands and the rest of the Eastern Caribbean, challenges the region faces due to healthcare policies affecting the 5 U.S. territories, and a path models in which medical education has a role in disaster preparedness/relief efforts.
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