In the months that follow, Damien confronts these challenges all the while dealing with the social absurdities of living with only three other volunteers for company. But the town he's sent to is an isolated outpost of mud huts, surrounded by landmines the hospital, for which he's to be the only doctor, is filled with malnourished children and conditions he's never seen and the health workers - Angolan war veterans twice his age and who speak no English - walk out on him following an altercation on his first shift. Damien Brown, a young Australian doctor, thinks he's ready when he arrives for his first posting with Medecins Sans Frontieres in Africa.
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