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RealAudio  |  1996-07-13  |  334.2 KB  |  1 channel  |  8,000 sample rate  |  3 minutes
Transcription: We started the day at an Indian health facility in rural Oklahoma. In fact, it's the main health center for the Chickasaw nation, which means it serves about 35,000 people. An unusually high number of Chickasaw suffer from an eye disease that associated with diabetes. The disease is called diabetic retinopathy and if it's not caught early, it can often lead to blindness. Until now, the Chickasaw had to drive all the way to Oklahoma City where the specialists were who knew about the disease. One of the women in the waiting room, Julia Blue, explained to me that meant most people just didn't get ...