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Medical condition keeps girl, 14, from school

The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News Kamila Alexander, left, and her mother, Nicole, speak to Newsday at their home at Beetham Garden's, Port of Spain last Friday - ROGER JACOB Kamila Alexander is a bright, friendly, jovial 14-year-old girl and a form two student of St Charles High School, who lives on 17 th Street, Beetham Gardens. Her one wish as school reopened was to go back to school to meet with her friends and learn […]

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