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Athens News Matters: Successful Program Brings Doctors to Rural Counties in Georgia

John Reed
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Many rural counties in Georgia don’t even have one primary care physician. That’s a problem in a state that ranks near the bottom in multiple health indicators. But as GPB’s Sofi Gratas reports, some programs in South and Middle Georgia have actually been successful in bringing doctors to places that don’t have enough.