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Photo: CHARLES PULLEN\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Dr Carlos Suarez kneeling in front and carrying a card and the one at the back is Clinton Potterton (Checkers Greenacres Branch Manager).                  Photo: CHARLES PULLEN<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>HEALTHCARE workers and COVID-19 patients at the Rev. 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