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The Green Bag
Bennett Parnes, MD
Arch Fam Med. 1994;3(10):849-850.
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THROUGH ALL my travels in Asia, the ambulance journey in western Cambodia between Sisophon and Siem Reap was one of the most uncomfortable rides I had ever experienced. The uneven dirt road resembled a horse trail for long stretches, even though maps of the area indicated that it was a major highway. I sat on a cushioned seat in the rear of the vehicle and was forced to continually grip the bars above the windows to avoid injury.
Considering what I was experiencing, I could only imagine how miserable this must have been for K.S., the patient I was attending. He was a 70- to 80-year-old (various documents reported different ages) Cambodian Buddhist monk with a left hemiparesis from a past stroke. Yet he seemed indifferent to the road conditions, in spite of being thrown from his stretcher, hitting his head several times. He insisted on sitting for most of
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Author Affiliations
American Refugee Committee Aranyaprathet, Thailand
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