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More Liberians can see, thanks to a Quincy nurse
She's on Mercy ship eye team that does 60 surgeries a day
QUINCY (AP) - Stacy Adams wants to use her nursing skills to help people who live in the world's poorest countries.
For now, she's touching lives in war-torn Liberia.
The Quincy native has been onboard the Africa Mercy, the world's largest non-governmental hospital ship, since June. The ship is the latest to be added to the fleet of Mercy Ships, a global charity that has operated floating hospitals in developing nations since 1978.
"I originally signed up for two months," said Adams, a 2002 Quincy High School graduate and daughter of Jim and Jean Adams of Quincy. "That's already passed and I'm still here."
She plans to stay in Liberia until mid-December.
Adams, 23, is a non-paid volu
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