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Basketball game raises money for kidney disease research

Southside Hospital employees faced off against members of

Photo credit: Michael Cusanelli

Southside Hospital employees faced off against members of the Suffolk County Police Department on Sunday to raise money for kidney disease research.

The game at Bay Shore Middle School was organized by Alex and Julie Peterson, whose 13-year-old son, Christopher, has been battling for 10 years a kidney disease called focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS).

The disease that Peterson...

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