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Rural Health: Fishing, family attracts doctor to S.D.

By Barry Amundson, Reporter
Dec 29, 2011
Dec 29, 2011

Chamberlain facility — Sanford Medical Center-Chamberlain physician, Dr. Travis Sanger, and hospital CEO Maureen Cadwell stand in the 25-bed hospital hallway.
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By Barry Amundson, Reporter

South Dakota stole one from Nebraska - a family practice physician, who wanted all along to live in a small-town, rural setting.

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