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Patients with kidney failure in Puerto Rico travel 10 hours by land and air to get dialysis treatment
Five dialysis patients on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques have died while waiting for a dialysis clinic to finally reopen after Hurricane Maria. The remaining dialysis patients in Vieques must travel 25 miles by land and water to receive treatment.
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A year after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rican residents in several impoverished communities are better off, but still not fully recovered.
Residents in impoverished Puerto Rican communities in have been largely forgotten by federal and local government agencies.
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