Argentina Sketches: Story of the Eye

<p>Lying in bed my eye felt like it was going to explode, finally, after hours, aqueous fluid and pus squirted out relieving the pressure. The pain subsided, but only for fifteen minutes. So began a rewarding experience of the public health sector in Argentina, one winter morning in 2010.</p> <p>After consulting my friend (who I later fell out with) at reception, I took a taxi to Hospital Lagleyze in Villa Gral. Mitre. Only one eye was infected and very sensitive to light, to keep it clamped shut I needed the good eye to be pretty much closed too. I was not feeling great. The taxi driver was sympathetic: &ldquo;not far now&rdquo;, he said as we rattled down a cobbled street.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@frank.e.beyer/argentina-sketches-story-of-the-eye-f6911d10221f"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>