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Virginia College Surgical Tech Student 'Helps Save' First Patient

Posted: Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Fernando Rengifo is a student in Surgical Technology at Virginia College in Mobile, Alabama. He is currently doing his externship at Alabama Orthopaedic Clinic. During a recent procedure, he was assisting the surgical team when the clinic's supervisor snapped the photo reproduced here. The clinic proudly shared the photo with the school. Fernando sent the photo to his instructors and fellow students with the caption, "Yesterday...first life I helped save."

The clinic is very interested in offering Fernando a position as a surgical technician.


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