CONWAY — Like many during the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Peter Murphy, left the city for the mountains.
Dr. Murphy, a new primary care physician at Memorial Hospital, he says he “always wanted to come back to rural medicine.”
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If you are Catholic or a Republican it is advised to read his Tweets on X aka Twitter @PeterMurphyMD to see what kind of doctor or person you could be stuck with. Decide for yourself.
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