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Tuesday, April 25, 2006

North to Alaska!

One of our Jazz Practitioners recently left for the Alaskan frontier to practice medicine and music for three months. Dr. Patrick Plunkett, cruising in his huskie powered ambulance—Alaskan dog sled—recently relayed back to base and said:

“Bethel, Alaska, is 10 degrees below....  most, if not all, of my patients have traveled hundreds and hundreds of miles to be treated, so, I'm seeing fractures that are a few days old. The Native Eskimos can only communicate through their children who are their only translators... this is truely an amazing experience!”

Patrick went on to say, “Music is really alive up here too! Especially Celtic music given the Irish holiday this month. In Anchorage, I went to a sold out performance of Irish music and dance at the Anchorage Museum—standing room only. This is only one of many packed performances supporting live music and entertainment... as you all know, this is great food for the soul and the spirit!”


1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

great story by plunkett on north to alaska

4/25/2006 09:15:00 PM  

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