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In 2014, a twenty-eighty-year old British doctor found himself running the Ebola isolation unit in Sierra Leone’s largest hospital after the virus killed the doctor in charge. Completely overwhelmed and wrapped in stifling protective suits, he and his colleagues took turns providing basic care to patients while removing dead bodies from the ward. Facing incredible odds, the doctor battled to keep the hospital open, as the line of sick and...
About the Author
Sinead Walsh served as Ireland’s ambassador to Sierra Leone and Liberia at the height of the Ebola epidemic. She is currently a senior visiting fellow at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. Oliver Johnson was country director for King’s Sierra Leone Partnership. He is now a strategic and technical advisor to the charity Africa Health Placements and a visiting lecturer at King’s College London.
Review
“This memoir enshrines distinct perspectives on the front line of a fraught epidemic, to offer a nuanced analysis: we see both the Herculean efforts on the ground, and the humanitarian response, warts and all. . . . Among the lessons learnt, the need to respect local ‘citizen medics’ and collaborate with governments is pure gold.” (Nature)
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- PublisherZed Books
- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 1786992485
- ISBN 13 9781786992482
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages442
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