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Elevators, Falafel, And Thalassemia

Aisha Saad

STANDING IN FRONT OF THE THREE ELEVATORS, I looked up at the signs above each entrance and wondered which one to take to the sixth-floor thalassemia ward. Like boldly labeled cattle cars, each set of double doors was marked with permitted passengers. Side by side they read: Patients, Doctors, Hospital Director.

The first elevator strained at the seams with bodies crammed far beyond capacity, the second compartment was sparsely traveled, and the third stood vacant and untouched. It was my first morning at a large, public pediatric hospital in Cairo, Egypt, and already I faced a dilemma. Where . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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