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The Girl Who Taught Herself to Fly
Kwan Kew Lai met her first Punjabi woman doctor while lying in a hospital bed with a severe kidney infection at the age of fourteen. Watching the woman walk away down the hall, Kwan Kew was convinced she could, and would, carve out her own destiny.- Freckles
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Into Africa, Out of Academia: A Doctor's Memoir
This memoir follows Dr, Kwan Kew Lai's experiences from 2006 to 2013 as she provided care during the HIV/AIDs epidemics, after natural disasters, and as a relief doctor in refugee camps in Kenya, Libya, Uganda, and South Sudan, where civil war virtually wiped out all existing healthcare facilities.- Freckles
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Lest We Forget: A Doctor's Experience with Life and Death During the Ebola Outbreak
Lest We Forget exposes the raw brutality of Ebola, the undersupplied and understaffed health infrastructure in the developing world. At once a memoir of triumphs, failures, and a memorial, this book will ensure that the victims of Ebola and the fighters who sought to heal them will not be forgotten.- Freckles
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