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Uruguay: Fundraising for Pereira Rossell Hospital

Thursday, July 24th, 2008 @ 02:02 UTC

by Eduardo Avila

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Topics:: Children, Health
Languages:: Spanish

The Pereira Rossell hospital in Montevideo, Uruguay is where the greatest number of children are born each year. Parte Pagana [es] writes about a fundraising campaign that benefits this busy hospital.

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