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Diversity needed

Surprisingly, the May 16 Miami Herald greeted me with a 2 ½ page ad praising the Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute at Baptist Hospital.

As I perused the listing with pictures of the doctors on staff I note of the 82 only four are women and none are African American.

In this day and age of inclusion and diversity, I can’t believe that the “good old boy” network is alive and well at Baptist.

There are certainly enough qualified doctors across the United States to provide an adequate improvement to this listing.

Baptist is a fantastic hospital and prides itself on patient care and service. This needs to be corrected.

Alva Royston Sr., Cutler Bay

This story was originally published May 17, 2016 at 11:10 PM with the headline "Diversity needed."

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