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Waiting Arms

Nov 11, 2013 | General Information

Waiting Arms

After an elevator ride from the recovery room to the waiting room on Tuesday afternoon, nurse Debbie Wilder delivers six-month-old cleft lip repair patient Nathaly Muralles to the arms of her mother, Heidy, as volunteer translator Katina Safia looks on.

Photo by Kris Kennedy

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