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The Scrapbook of Edith Madeira & PHL's Connection to the Red Cross' Commission to Palestine.

Fri, 2015-05-29 12:25 -- Vincent Fraley

Celebrations of the hard work and sacrifice of emergency medical services personnel have marked this year's National EMS Week. For a historical perspective, consider another "first responder" of sorts, Edith Madeira - one of the first Red Cross nurses to treat the sick and starving of what was then known as Palestine during the World War I. 

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