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| | Into Africa: Gloag’s vision brings hope to outcasts (Mercy Ships - Newsroom) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | Ann Gloag, co-founder of the Stagecoach transport empire, was at the Aberdeen Clinic and Fistula Centre (ACFC), in Freetown, Sierre Leone, when the centre was officially opened this week by the country's president Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah. |
 | | During her visit Ms Gloag, a former nurse, met the clinic's first-ever patient Kumba Koromo, 30, who was invited back to the clinic for the official opening with Faith, her 18-month-old daughter. |
 | | Speaking at the event, Ms Gloag said: "Meeting Kumba was wonderful as she is a shining example of how the surgery, provided free at the ACFC has truly transformed her life. |
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