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Long Story Short: Alumna reflects on her time at hospital in her homeland of Afghanistan

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By Andrea Wang

Feb. 28, 2011 9:53 p.m.

UCLA alumna Sayeda Fazel recently returned to Afghanistan for the first time in 15 years. Fazel has pre-med ambitions, so she volunteered at a hospital near her home. Eventually the clinic asked her to deliver babies and suture patients on her own because of lack of resources and manpower. Fazel reflects on her time there and her experiences in the obstetric ward. [6:49]

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