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[email protected] www.tricityrecord.com CITY RECORD 124th Year Issue #22 May 29, 2008 Seventy-five Cents Mission trip to Philippines aids those desperate for care Police Local physicians devote time to helping others & Fire For Dr. Samuel Roda, a family country for family practice residen- "I was lucky," Roda says. "My fam- physician with Coloma Medical cy training at St. Mary Nazareth ily was able to help me gain a good Reports Center, living in the United States is Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, education and send me to medical a privilege that he doesn't take for In 1970, he became a U.S. citizen, school. But I remember the poverty Compiled by Annette Christie granted. Dr. Roda grew up in the but the plight of the less fortunate I saw daily while growing up in the Philippines, where he attended med- back in his birthplace was never far Philippines," he explains. "Since 92-year-old ical school before coming to this from his mind. then, conditions for many have improved in the larger cities; but for woman injured those in the more rural areas, access in crash; ran stop to healthcare is still impossible." To make a difference in the sign on Bainbridge lives of others, Dr.