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March 30 - April 5, 2001

Forgotten Healers

“Welcome Back” program aims to redirect overseas-trained doctors and nurses in San Francisco

By Neela Banerjee

Esmerelda Ben Yind Siu, an administrative assistant at the Mission Neighborhood Health Clinic, holds up her U.S medical license exam (USMLE) certificate.

“This piece of paper cost me $50,000,” Siu says. “And it has gotten me nowhere.”

Between review courses, test fees and travel, Siu — who immigrated from Costa Rica about five years ago — estimates that she spent thousands trying to do everything right so she could become a doctor. But three years after she passed the competitive USMLE, she is still waiting to find a residency program that will give her a chance.

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Himalaya: The Film
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Emil Amok: The Resegregation of America
(in Opinion)

Honda Bill a Hope for WWII Prisoners:
Former POWs redress enslavement by Japanese firms.

America’s War Crimes:
South Korean survivors air stories of U.S. military atrocities

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Census Watch 2000...
• The New Face of Massachusetts
• Washington State Dives into Melting Pot
• America’s Changing Classroom
• The Latest API Stats

In Sports News...
•Michelle Kwan Wins Fourth World Championship
• Williams Says Sorry
• Yao Ming on His Way to the NBA

United We Stand:
Asian American Assembly members create Asian Pacific Islander caucus.

Supes Roundup:
Tempers Flare in City Hall. Leland Yee and Chris Daly face off; Gonzalez lambasts housing authority.

Also in Bay Area and California News...
• Political Potstickers: Daly’s Ideology, Lee’s Hood.
• Dialogue About Disparities in Children’s Health Care



Check out our new online classifieds section, featuring job listings, announcements, and more.


Skyrocketing Employee Health Insurance Costs:
Repercussions for Asian American businesses.

The Shattered Ceiling:
Q&A with Dan Rohn, founder of JournalismJobs.com.

Also in Business...
• The Business of Diversity: The Color of Money After Census 2000

High Altitude:
Himalaya courageously brings film to another level.

Yellow Journalist:
William Wong, through his new book, sums up his career -- and looks for another one.

Also in Arts and Entertainment...
• Neela’s LitPicks

Emil Amok:
The Resegregation of America. Columnist Emil Guillermo asks how Asian American will respond to its newest challenges.

Lead Editorial:
Second Shot at the American Dream. San Francisco’s new “Welcome Back” program can provide us with exactly the kind of multilingual and culturally competent doctors and nurses America needs.

Also in Opinion...
• Floss Talk: Senior Stress -- Where Am I Headed?
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