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The only surgeon for thousands of square miles in southern Sudan
- edge17 11y agoexcellent article
- jpt4 11y agoMy reflections on this piece are splintered: 1. Catena is in an excellent position to be the Pardot Kynes of Nuba. 2. A more iconic taking up of the white man's burden could scarce be imagined. 3. By the standards of virtue ethics, this fellow's actions are blameless to the point of ennobling. Does a utilitarian calculus agree (is Catena the high-impact end effector to whom all college Peace Corps soi-disant aid workers ought be working to fund rather than status-signalling through impotent imitation), or are the good doctor's talents inefficiently allocated? 4. On the headline question: Article: Why does he refuse to leave? Reader: Because surgeons are soldiers. Article: Catena joined the Navy and trained as a flight surgeon...with commandos. Reader: In this case literally.
- J_Darnley 11y agoThe only surgeon for 1000 mi^2 isn't that far apart. It works out to be 15.8 miles for squares and 17.8 miles for circles. Make it 10000 and its only 50 and 56.4. I would expect places in the continental US to be that far from a surgeon.