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The Challenges of Overseas Medical Evacuations Stories

The Challenges of Overseas Medical Evacuations

Dr. John Cahill explains that a number of tropical diseases, if left unrecognized or untreated, can have devastating outcomes. Unfortunately, he sees this on a daily basis. There are people who return from their travels with serious viral or parasitic infections. In good hands, it can be very easily treated, but without seeking the correct care or going to a physician who doesn't understand the implications of these diseases, they can be misdiagnosed or missed. (Read more about The Challenges of Overseas Medical Evacuations)

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WEST NILE VIRUS Stories

WEST NILE VIRUS

61 year old Jamie Ellis loved to start her day with a morning walk. But 2 years ago, suddenly, Jamie could barely get out of bed. “I began to ache, I had fever and I began to throw up, and I guess sometime about 8 o’clock that night I was in the emergency room,” says Jamie. She never guessed that she had been infected with the West Nile virus. (Read more about WEST NILE VIRUS)

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