Lifeline: Remote Area Medical (2008) | 60 Minutes Archive

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Lifeline: Remote Area Medical (2008) | 60 Minutes Archive
Remote Area Medical runs pop-up clinics across the country, offering free care to those who need it most. Originally created to parachute doctors and medicine to the Amazon, the nonprofit found itself throwing America a lifeline. In 2008, Scott Pelley traveled to Knoxville, Tennessee, to report on the organization and meet its founder, Stan Brock, who died in 2018.
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Remote Area Medical runs pop-up clinics across the country, offering free care to those who need it most. Originally created to parachute doctors and medicine to the Amazon, the nonprofit found itself throwing America a lifeline. In 2008, Scott Pelley traveled to Knoxville, Tennessee, to report on the organization and meet its founder, Stan Brock, who died in 2018.
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This article covers cbs, news, lifeline topics. Readability: Flesch-Kincaid grade 0.0. Word count: 82.