Imagine having come here for a period of six weeks, looking forward to all these new experiences that one can get from here, and then getting sick. Really sick.
It's one thing to have seen how things are managed here in low-resource settings. There's a level of respect one gets from that; a knowledge that people don't just sit back and hope for the best, but rather make use of the limited possibilities that they have.
It's another thing entirely to also have seen how disorganized things can be here. Mistakes that are made. Avoidable complications that take place simply because the routines here are less rigid than back at home.
If I were to get really sick, I think I too would go back home, like one member of our group now has decided to do. Back in the company of friends and family, and with a health care system that I trust far more than the one here. Is it unfair that I have this possibility while locals don't? Of course. I'm not sure I'd let that stop me though.
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