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Article: Dayton-area physician making a difference with Project Congo ; Bus ride while working in Africa alerted Esser-Gleason to nightmarish conditions in Democratic Republic of Congo, moving her to take action
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- Dayton Daily News
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- August 9, 2009
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It was her first morning in Africa. She had just arrived in
Kigali, Rwanda, from Dayton the night before and already word was
out.
There was a knock at the door.
"If you are the doctor and you have medical supplies you need to
come with me," said the priest from Goma, a ravaged city three hours
away by bus, just across the border in the war-torn Democratic
Republic of Congo. "We have a cholera outbreak."
Dr. Sylvia Esser-Gleason has worked the emergency rooms of
various Daytonarea hospitals for the past 25 years and currently
practices at Fort Hamilton in Hamilton. She also competes in
grueling, 50- and 60-mile ultra-marathons and once was a world-
class cyclist.
With such a background, ...