I only caught a few minutes of this story on NPR today, but the doctor hits upon the difficulty of going from a world of starving kids and living with a sense of urgency to deciding what to do when back home (in his case Toronto), e.g. go to the movies...
I still haven't successfully made the transition...
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Dr. James Maskalyk went to a contested border town in Sudan, called Abyei, with Doctors Without Borders. He treated malnourished patients and fended off a measles epidemic with limited resources. His six-month stint affected him more than he expected.
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