Across The Wide Zambezi: A Doctor's Life In Africa - Plot & Excerpts
Marandellas was a 'general hospital', a breed now extinct - really a glorified district hospital, augmented with an extra number of European beds, to be found in small towns with a larger than usual white population. These white beds were used by private GPs of whom there were a number in the town, apart from those occupied by the white government patients already mentioned. The hospital had an establishment of two government medical officers, including the superintendent. I made the journey with Anderson by train (my car being still in dock) - I first class, he fourth class: myself at government expense, Anderson at my expense. Not that I was too mean to buy Anderson a first class ticket, nor was the section banned to Africans. I knew where he would be most comfortable. When I arrived at Marandellas hospital, I stayed in the nurses' home for two weeks until I was able to find a cottage nearby to rent. There was no servant's accommodation, so Anderson found a bed in the township and came to my house on his bicycle.
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