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Dr Jason Roberts
Newtown Hospital
111 High Street
Newtown

18-XQH18

Dear Dr Roberts,

Re: Ms Anne Hall, DOB 19.9.1972

Thank you for seeing Ms Hall, a 4-year-old secondary school teacher, who presented today with a two-week
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