Dr. Maura Lynch: Saving lives while risking her own | Herstory

Update: 2020-02-26

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Dr. Maura Lynch was one of two Irish doctors who manned a 200-bed hospital in Angola during the Angolan civil war. She and her colleague treated patients from both sides of the conflict and when a neighbouring clinic shut down, Maura crossed 80km weekly to offer medical support to the people of Cuamato.

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