The quality of light in Hospital Marie Curie is fine. I’m always tempted to whip out my little Canon and shoot. Photographers Joel and Kate like it, too. Here’s a handful of shots of one of the lovely stairwells in that old building. Such nice curves. I was so frakin’ bored there the other day, …
I’ve been impressed before with the relative lack of bureaucracy involved in obtaining free health care in Buenos Aires. Basically, show up, show your documents — a U.S. passport is as valid as an Argentine DNI — tell them what’s wrong, fill out a few forms and get treated. I’ve always gotten the feeling that …
On November 30 I entered Rivadavia public hospital in Buenos Aires with severe peretonitis caused by a 5 cm tumor blocking my lower intestine. Emergency surgery removed half the tumor and repaired the perforation of my colon. (Well, actually, they cut off the dead part of my colon and stitched up the two loose ends.) …
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