Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Sierra Leonean

  • The viral hospital

    Paul DhillonRegina, Canada Rubber boots crush gravel underfoot. The generators drone in the background, languid bees in an artificial honeycomb of hospital. Kerry Town Ebola Treatment Centre in Sierra Leone is a hospital that has slowly morphed into a complex series of wooden skeleton-, metal clad-, and tarpaulin-covered buildings connected by hand-chipped rough gravel in…