HEALTH & FITNESS
| July 22,
2003, Tuesday THE DOCTOR'S WORLD; Rising From the Ranks to Lead
the W.H.O.
By LAWRENCE K.
ALTMAN, M.D. (NYT) 1398 words
Late Edition -
Final , Section F , Page 6 , Column 3
DISPLAYING
FIRST 50 OF 1398 WORDS
- As a 5-year-old during
the Korean War, Dr. Jong Wook Lee had to walk 250 miles for 60 days
through snow, ice and bitter cold with his mother and two brothers.
They marched to join Dr. Lee's father, a civil servant who had
earlier been sent from Seoul to ......
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