The small South Georgia town of Plains currently has no practicing physician.
But that’s about to change, thanks in part to advocacy from the town’s most famous resident.
Former President Jimmy Carter’s efforts have helped lead Mercer University School of Medicine to open a primary clinic in the town next month, said the dean of the school, Dr. Jean Sumner.
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