Stay or go? A year after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico provides this surgeon with no easy answer.

Luma Al-Attar found herself commuting between her home on the island and her hometown in Bethesda, constantly asking herself whether staying in Puerto Rico makes sense.

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