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Me in hospital

Malaria, starvation and babushki in a Russian state hospital

December 4th 2009
The chills enter my body minutes after I finish teaching a lesson at the BKC school near Chistye Prudi metro station. The temperature outside is 23 degrees Centigrade below zero so I assume someone has left a window open but there is none to be found. I put on my fleece and coat but still the chills get stronger. A horrific, unthinkable thought awakens in the back of my mind but I dismiss it insta ... read more
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