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Regina Benjamin

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Also known as Regina Marcia Benjamin

18th Surgeon General of the United States

Quotes

  • It feels good when you help someone, when you make them smile, when you make a difference in their lives, when you stop the hurt. And you sleep well at night. To me, that’s the best reward. If I had to go purchase that through a mail-order catalogue or something, that’s what I’d buy.
  • When you’re face-to-face with a patient, you can’t worry about the fact that they can’t pay.
  • My family is not here with me today, at least not in person, because of preventable diseases. While I can’t change my family’s past, I can be a voice in the movement to improve our nation’s health care and our nation’s health for the future.
  • I hope I make a difference one person at a time. By making a patient feel better, by being able to tell a mother that her baby is going to be okay. Whether her baby is 4 or 44, the look on the mother’s face is the same.
  • doing it from the grassroots. A good health care system depends on the health of the community, which ultimately lies with the health of the individual

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