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    Dialysis pioneer now has to be treated himself

    By DENNIS SEID Daily Journal,

    2 days ago
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    Sam Gregory helped open the state's first kidney dialysis center in the Mississippi in 1966. Thomas Wells | Daily Journal

    TUPELO – Three times a week, Sam Gregory sits restlessly in a chair for four hours undergoing dialysis, a medical treatment that removes extra fluid and waste products from his blood because his kidneys no longer function.

    It's tedious, to be certain. It's also keeping him alive.

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