Ross Donaldson was an idealistic young medical student who gave up his comfortable life in the States to venture into Sierra Leone, a country ravaged by fighting and plagued by conflict streaming across the border from neighboring Liberia. In a hospital ward with meager supplies, Ross is in a race against time to find a way to care for patients afflicted with Lassa fever, a deadly and highly contagious hemorrhagic illness similar to Ebola. Forced to confront his own fears, he stands alone to make life-and-death decisions in the face of a never-ending onslaught of the sick. Ultimately, he finds himself not only fighting for the lives of others but also for his own. The Lassa Ward is the memoir of a young man studying to be a physician, while making his way through a land where a battle against one of the world's deadliest diseases matches a struggle for human rights and decency.
The Lassa Ward: One Man's Fight Against One of the World's Deadliest Diseases
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Author: Donaldson, Dr. Ross
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780312377014
Details:
Author: Donaldson, Dr. Ross
Brand: St. Martins Press-3PL
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 288
Release Date: 20-07-2010
Package Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.7 x 0.9 inches Languages: English
EAN: 9780312377014
