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“…more than one thousand fistula surgeries…”
Hamlin, C. (2001). The hospital by the river. Monarch, p. 267.
“…surgical teams…”
This is my characterization of the next stage of the evolution of the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital, which would come to include five smaller satellite facilities. It is derived from interviews with the hospital’s then-chief medical officer, Fekade Ayenachew, Catherine Hamlin, and doctors at one of the satellite hospitals some hours south of Addis Ababa, which I visited in 2018.
“…AusAID…Rotary…”
Hamlin, C. (2001). The hospital by the river. Monarch, p. 266, 263.
“…still more doctors…”
“…expansion and renovation.”
Hamlin, C. (2001). The hospital by the river. Monarch, p. 274.
“…Negasso Gidada…”
Hamlin, C. (2001). The hospital by the river. Monarch, p. 274.
“…took the opportunity…”
Hamlin, C. (2001). The hospital by the river. Monarch, p. 275.
“The president thought for a moment…”
See “…took the opportunity…,” above.
“Zewditu…”
Zewditu’s story is based on notes from a live interview conducted, with a translator, at Joy Village in Spring 2018.