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A dangerous assignment gone really, really bad

COMMENTARY | April 02, 2010


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Posted by Donna G
04/03/2010, 05:54 PM

"Am I missing something? I thought Austrailia has government healthcare. Is't everyone covered?"

Apparently just the basics, but like another commenter pointed out, his needs are more long term care. Anyway, you certainly deserved better after the sacrafice you made for Smithsonian.


I experience his balance and visual problems, after having a cerebral bleed in the occipital region of my brain. When first recovering I couldn't read. Basically, you cannot interpret what you are seeing. It was a scary experience to say the least.

Best of luck to you, Mr. Raffaele.





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