Cambodia calling: a memoir from the frontlines of humanitarian aid

"What?s the matter? A mine? Some kid step on a mine? A blessure?". "No. Not amine." We walk in and there?s a mother standing by her child. It?s a little girl. She?s a very beautiful girl with straight black hair, maybe six or eight,big eyes, a bit younger than Smiles and just as lovely. But she?s lying too still under a white sheet on the bamboo bed and her mother is talking in a monotone, staring off to the corner asking for help from Buddha. The little girl is staring at me, tracking every move I make. She?s so weak, all she can do is move her eyes. Sok Samuth approaches the bed and takes down the sheets. It?s very sad what we see. The girl is inhumanly thin and her skin is peeling off. He pulls the sheet up over the girl?s body again and the mother keeps up her monotone plea for Buddha while the little girl follows me, eye to eye. She wantsme to make her feel better. I?m thinking, no, not this one. The whole thing was about this one. It was always about this one. "What is it?" he asks me. "I don?t know. Is there a fever?" "No, pas de fiŠvre." She is cool to the tough and there isn?t any shivering, no chills?All my ream could tell me was that she?d been sick for a few weeks and that her appetite was poor for a week and that she became worse? I checked the two pediatric textbooks we had at the Blue House. Nothing. It could be kwashiorhor - protein malnutrition - all by itself, but we weren?t hearing about that out in the countryside. It was still lush and the harvests had been so good. Why would she be starving now? So maybe it is cancer. I think, What would Professor Jim Anderson do? How would my great mentor go after the diagnosis? Richard Heinzl is a medical doctor from Hamilton, Ontario, and is the founder of Doctors Without Borders / Médicins Sans FrontiŠres in Canada. He studied at the University of Toronto, McMaster University, Harvard University, and the University of Oxford. His travels and work have taken him to over 70 countries, and he is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including a citation from the Government of Cambodia and an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, McMaster University. He travels widely, speaking about his adventures in the field to enthusiastic audience at universities and organizations. He lives in Oakville, Ontario, with his wife and two sons. INDICE: Author Note. Maps. PART I. Chapter 1: Kenya-Uganda Border near Tororo / May 1985. Chapter 2: The Grand Hotel, Jinja Uganada / May 1985. Chapter 3: The Jinja-Kampala Highway / May 1985. Chapter 4: Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda / May 1985. Chapter 5: The Hillman?s Home at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda / June 1985. PART II. Chapter 6: The Home of James E. Anderson,Hamilton, Canada / July 1985. Chapter 7: McMaster University Medical School, Hamilton, Canada, and Springs, Grenada / August 1985. PART III. Chapter 8. Amsterdam Airport, Schiphol, Netherlands / July 1991. Chapter 9: MSF Holland / Belgium Compound at Siem Reap, Cambodia / July 1991. Chapter 10. Angkor, Wat, Siem reap, Cambodia / July 1991. Chapter 11: The MSF Blue House, Sisophon, Cambodia / July 1991. Chapter 12: The Hospital, Sisophon, Cambodia / July 1991. Chapter 13: The Public Market, Sisophon, Cambodia / August 1991. Chapter 14: Sisophon, Cambodia / September 1991. Chapter 15: The Lotus Restaurant, Sisophon, Cambodia / October 1991. Chapter 16: Svay Chek, Cambodia / October 1991. PART IV. Chapter 17: The Ministry of Forestry and Fisheries, Sisophon, Cambodia / October 1991. Chapter 18: The Train Station, Sisophon, Cambodia / October 1991. Chapter 19: The High Road, Sisophon, Cambodia / October 1991. Chapter 20: The Second Floor of the MSF Blue House, Sisophon, Cambodia / November 1991. Chapter 21: The Balcony at the MSF Blue House, Sisophon, Cambodia / November 1991. PART V. Chapter 22: The Low Road, Sisophon, Cambodia / November 1991. Chapter 23: National Road #6 from Sisophon to Phnom Penh / December 1991. Chapter 24: The Cambodiana Hotel, Phnom Penh, Cambodia / December 1991. Chapter 25: Pochentong International Airport, Phnom Penh, Cambodia / December 1991. Chapter 26: L?Hospital Provincial de Banteay Meanchey, Sisophon, Cambodia / January 1992. Chapter 27: Sisophon, Cambodia / January 1992. Endnotes. Reference for the Endnotes. Selected Bibliography for the Endnotes. A Note on MSF Canada. Acknowledgments.

• ISBN: 978-0-470-15325-3
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Fecha Publicación: 09/12/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés