The Longest Night
After Zac’s epic and terrifying reaction to Stemetil, I am now quietly confident that everything that could go wrong already has. After a refreshing cigarette...
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What Else Could Possibly Go Wrong?
The Union hospital stands tower-high among the green hills of the Sha Tin district in Hong Kong’s New Territories. Jungle winds between luxury condos, car...
Air Ambulance to Hong Kong
It would be a strange — or very wealthy — person who wasn’t excited about travelling on a private jet. Sure, in our case, said...
Emergency Medical Evacuation – Less Fast than You Think
Before Zac broke his arm, I’d assumed that emergency medical evacuation was, well, a fast process. You know. Just look at those three words: “emergency...
Pizza, X-Rays and the Waiting Game
The ambulance driver indicates I should buckle my seatbelt, which seems a little conservative of him until he hits the road. More than half the...
Helicopter Evac – Way to Go!
Morning dawns and both Zac and I are quite childishly excited about the prospect of a helicopter evac. You see, neither of us have actually...
Our First Encounter with Healthcare in Mongolia
The jeep rolls up the hill, and the doctor emerges, with a metal box of tricks. She’s a slight, friendly woman in her 30s: I...
The Doctor is Called
Like all good travelling families headed to remote parts of developing countries, Zac and I are packing a medical kit stuffed to the gunnels with...
Disaster Strikes
We know it’s going to be a brutal ride out from the reindeer people – six full days, seven hours a day, riding fast as...
The Tsaatan: Mongolia’s Reindeer People
The temperature drops at least 15°C as we head up into the taiga, the home of the Tsaatan, Mongolia’s reindeer people, the focus of our...