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News of the day: Doctor tackles logistics

Turned ankles. Fainting spells. Overstretched knees. A few cases of cardiac attack.

The medical needs of about 45,000 daily visitors are handled by Dr. Jonathan Ticker and his team of 35 doctors, 65 nurses and an army of EMTs and other health workers roaming Bethpage State Park.

"The jobs are easy. The difficulty is in the logistics of getting there to the injured people," said Ticker,...

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