Word: valdemir
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Dates: during 1955-1955
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...rays showed a simple fracture, but the pain grew worse until last year, when a surgeon operated twice to remove tumors. When she failed to recover after the second operation, she was moved to the sparsely equipped, twelve-bed cancer hospital in the coastal city of Recife, where Dr. Valdemir Lopez, the hospital's director, found that a form of cancer (osteosarcoma) had spread from her arm to her right lung. He told the little teacher the truth: probably no more than a few months to live. "Of course," he added gently, "a miracle is always possible...
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