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There was an attorney and he was selected from

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India to represent peace commission. He had to go to Russia

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in 1955. He came back and he told me that

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a lot of Russian doctors are all women, and I

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had applied for medical school, and he was very

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happy that I got into medical school. I…lost my

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father right after my graduation from my medical school. I graduated

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in 1962, May. And my father had a heart attack

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and he died in October 1962. My mother was very anxious—she only was 45 year old. I had five

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younger brothers and sisters. Two of them were in college and

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my youngest brother was only eight year old. So that was my own decision that I need to go out and help

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the family. At that time there was no jobs for

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doctors in India. All my friends, my colleagues in my

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medical school started going out of the country. One of

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my colleague told me, “You know there are a lot of openings in

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America.” I applied and I got a job at Saint Joseph's

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Hospital in Tacoma, Washington. I was getting $110 a month. I took it and then I tried to support

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the family. Half the money I would send home so they can survive.