The Lassa Ward: One Mans Fight Against One of the Worlds Deadliest Diseases

Donaldson, Dr. Ross

ISBN 10: 0312377010 / ISBN 13: 9780312377014

Published by St. Martin's Griffin, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

Title: The Lassa Ward: One Mans Fight Against One ...

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Publication Date: 2010

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Acceptable

About this title

Synopsis:

Ross Donaldson was an idealistic young medical student who gave up his comfortable life in the States to venture into Sierra Leone, a country ravaged by fighting and plagued by conflict streaming across the border from neighboring Liberia. In a hospital ward with meager supplies, Ross is in a race against time to find a way to care for patients afflicted with Lassa fever, a deadly and highly contagious hemorrhagic illness similar to Ebola. Forced to confront his own fears, he stands alone to make life-and-death decisions in the face of a never-ending onslaught of the sick. Ultimately, he finds himself not only fighting for the lives of others but also for his own. The Lassa Ward is the memoir of a young man studying to be a physician, while making his way through a land where a battle against one of the world's deadliest diseases matches a struggle for human rights and decency.

About the Author:

DR. ROSS I. DONALDSON is a UCLA medical professor who works in one of Los Angeles's main trauma centers, specializing in emergency medicine and global health. He is author of several medical texts and has been a humanitarian in some of the world's most dangerous places. When in the States, he resides in Venice Beach, California.