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New health commissioner discusses the challenges of the job

by Cathy Wurzer, Minnesota Public Radio
September 28, 2007

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Sanne Magnan, the new head of the Minnesota Department of Health, talks with MPR's Cathy Wurzer about reforming the troubled department.

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