In the heart of Astoria, Queens, the St. Jude Community Health Center was bathed in afternoon winter sunshine. The modest brick building where Elena Vance had worked twelve-hour night nursing shifts for twenty-two years was crowded with neighborhood doctors, nurses, former patients, and community leaders. A brass plaque gleamed beside the entrance of the newly renovated pediatric wing, inscribed in golden letters: *The Elena Vance Pavilion for Pediatric Wellness and…
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