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Dr. Georgia Milan listens to a resident of Zanskar in the Himalayas. Photo courtesy Hands On Global.

Senior BY DIANNA TROYER and medical director at the Pocatello Free
Dr. Milan, a family practice physician

Clinic in Idaho, said, “No one becomes a
Special! one-more-thing-I-can-do-no-more kind refugee victimized by war by choice, but
Another day had been a blur—a not-
we have a choice about how to help. As
of day—at a medical clinic in a Ukrainian
backs on people in these situations and
refugee camp near the Romanian border citizens of the world, we cannot turn our
monday - buy 1 entrée, get a last spring. have to step up.”
friday! 2nd 50% OFF to cross the border when a grandmother give as they provide healing and offer hope
For Hellermann and Milan, to live is to
“We were all so exhausted and still had
from 3-5 pm!*
came just as we were about to close,” said worldwide. Will they ever retire?
Valerie Hellermann, a registered nurse and “I have no intention of retiring when
founder and executive director of Hands there is still so much to do, and I have the
On Global, a nonprofit headquartered in energy to keep doing what I love,” said
Helena, Mont., that tends to the medical Milan, 71.
needs of the underserved in the United Hellermann, 72, echoed her friend’s
States and abroad. answer. “I’ll be doing this for as long as
She and her longtime friend and col- I’m able.”
league, Dr. Georgia Milan, were among a CONTEMPLATIVE HOLIDAYS, HOPE
team of volunteers on a 20-day medical Milan said the holidays and New Year
mission during March and April. Dr. Milan are poignant, contemplative times for her
welcomed the grandmother, her last patient to reflect about her life and goals.
of the day. “When we reach this age, we’re in the
For seniors age 60 years of age or older.
Second entrée of equal or lesser value. “If a person asks for care, Georgia can- final chapter of our lives,” Milan said. “I
not say no,” Hellermann said. “I’ve seen it ask myself what I want to do to benefit the
so often wherever we’ve worked together in world and how to be at peace with myself
Ukraine, Greece, India, South America, or and bring peace to others.”
the medical tent at Standing Rock during the Hellermann said she might be celebrat-
oil pipeline stand-down. It took more than ing the holiday season and New Year’s in a
an hour to treat the woman, yet Georgia was Ukrainian refugee camp. She headed there
never impatient or made her feel rushed. in late November.
She listens, giving her entire attention to “I’m not sure when I’ll be back or what
the people she sees and makes them feel like shelters I’ll be at,” she said.
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