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Britain braces for an exodus of E.U. doctors and nurses feeling hurt by Brexit 

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March 4, 2018 at 5:13 p.m. EST
Andreas Herfurt, left, a German general practitioner in Britain’s National Health Service, makes a house call to Joyce Starke in Kirtomy, near Armadale in northern Scotland, on Feb. 9. (Sophie Gerrard for The Washington Post)

BETTYHILL, Scotland — From his wind-scoured bungalow, Andreas Herfurt overlooks the village cemetery, an end place in his line of work. For almost 20 years, the German has served as the town doctor here in the woolly wilds on the north coast of Scotland.

“Those are not just my former patients,” Herfurt said of the graves surrounding the old church. “They are my neighbors and my friends. I have learned the hard way the whole truth about cradle-to-grave medical care.”