Living in a tranquil city

D is doing better. He was moved out of the ICU 5 days ago and has had all tubes removed except the IV. He is eating rice porridge now and starting to take some medicine orally. His family is relieved as oral medication is much cheaper. Today his matted, blood crusted hair was cut, revealing a lice infestation. Wonders of government hospitals. There is no TV in the ward but with 100 other patients plus their watchers, it sounds like it would be difficult to be bored. What is more disturbing is that at least one teenager is brought in with stab wounds daily. Not all of them make it. I guess the surgical staff here must be getting pretty experienced with stab wounds and, almost as frequent, gunshot wounds. My illusions of living in a tranquil city are disappearing…