'He saw patients every day of the week': Remembering Albany's Dr. Richard Salk
Dr. Richard Salk, 95, died Nov. 13
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Through conversations with their family members, colleagues and close friends, MPR News is remembering the lives of the people we’ve lost, too soon, to COVID-19. If you’d like to share the story of someone you’ve lost to COVID-19, please email us at tell@mpr.org.
For nearly fifty years, if you lived near Albany, Minnesota and needed a doctor, there’s a chance you went to see Dr. Richard Salk. He died of COVID-19 earlier this month, at the age of 95. Many of the people who cared for him in his final days were people he once served, as a small-town doctor.
His son, Greg Salk, spoke with MPR News Host Cathy Wurzer.
Correction (Nov. 30, 2020): A previous version of this article had the incorrect name in the headline. The article has been updated.
Through conversations with their family members, colleagues and close friends, MPR News is remembering the lives of the people we’ve lost, too soon, to COVID-19. If you’d like to share the story of someone you’ve lost to COVID-19, please email us at tell@mpr.org.
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