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Title: Ben Uyeno Interview
Narrator: Ben Uyeno
Interviewer: Dee Goto
Location: Seattle, Washington
Date: June 1, 1998
Densho ID: denshovh-uben-01-0030

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DG: Well, you had some other connections with Providence.

BU: Huh?

DG: You had some other connection with Providence, not just the dialysis.

BU: Yeah. I sent all my patient to Providence and then once you start doing that on succession, you become member of committee, become chairman of certain committees that you want to be in. So you got more and more involved in Providence, and I liked, I liked Providence for Japanese.

DG: Why?

BU: Because they are nice to them, kind to them, and they weren't all money, money, money. You see, Providence Hospital, sure they want you to pay, but they could be nice about it, too. Swedish was not very nice. And Virginia Mason. The only places I ever, place I had patients is Virginia Mason, Swedish and Providence.

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