In the News ... "Odessa Doctor Returns from Humanitarian Relief Efforts in Kurdistan"

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• Father and son part of mission effort

Staff Report
KOSA-TV

ODESSA, TEXAS - A local doctor joined volunteers on a mission trip to Kurdistan in Northern Iraq to help those who have fled to the area during what they're calling, a humanitarian crisis.

Dr. Richard Bartlett, a local physician from Odessa, traveled overseas to provide medical assistance to those in need.

Many of the people that are fleeing to Kurdistan have been persecuted by ISIS and seek refuge from the attacks.

Dr. Bartlett was one of twenty volunteers from the United States and Canada that went on the trip through the World Missions Alliance ...

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