Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Nurses' 280-mile commute helps a city still in need

Think your commute is bad? Imagine driving 280 miles roundtrip to work.
That's what Mississippi resident Nonna Bullock does. For Bullock, working four days a week in New Orleans wasn't something she was required to do, it was a choice.

"The people of New Orleans needed me," she said simply.

Bullock is among a handful of nurses who make personal sacrifices to work at Tulane Medical Center in inner-city New Orleans. "I saw how difficult it was to keep up," she said. "[They] needed more nurses, more hospital beds and more doctors down here. I was up for the challenge."

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