Word: coman
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...independence last July, fewer than 200 doctors were left to care for 11 million people, many suffering from epidemic diseases and war injuries. MEDICO rushed in emergency teams of doctors and nurses; now eight one-month doctors are on duty in Algiers. The volunteer system, says Dr. Peter D. Coman-duras, co-founder and now chief of MEDICO, demonstrates that "a great deal can be done with very little money in bringing the latest in medical science to underdeveloped countries...