Zombie Curse: A Doctor’s 25-year Journey into the Heart of the AIDS Epidemic in Haiti
Zombie Curse: A Doctor’s 25-year Journey into the Heart of the AIDS Epidemic in Haiti Books
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This memoir of a dedicated doctor battling the AIDS epidemic in Haiti does more than chronicle the tale of a horrible disease. “The Zombie Curse: A Doctor’s 25-Year Journey into the Heart of the AIDS Epidemic in Haiti” is a tender tribute to the abundant courage, resilience, and dignity of a people beset by tragedy. Arthur M Fournier, MD, with Daniel Herlihy, met his first AIDS patient on an autumn afternoon in 1979. Of course, neither Fournier nor his colleagues at Miami’s Jackson Memorial Sickbay fully understood the alarming impact of what they were seeing. They were simply confounded by the fact that the patient failed to answer to treatment and, ultimately, died. During the next several months scores of additional patients presented themselves with similar symptoms and met the same fate.Beyond the medical similarities, there was another bond that grouped these patients together: they were all Haitian immigrants. The zombie curse had descended on south Florida. As the AIDS epidemic unfolded nearly the world, Dr Fournier witnessed the disarray, confusion, and blame that was to become associated with this baffling disease. Nothing in his background, education, or training prepared him for the journey that lay ahead. The death and misery were devastating, the disease frustrating and mysterious, and the spiritual toll as catastrophic as the corporal. It soon became apparent that science lonely may possibly not win this epic battle.We follow Dr Fournier to Haiti where he searches for ways to handle patients with AIDS and not simply the corporal symptoms, but also the stereotyping and blame heaped on both the victims and even the doctors that tend to them. In large measure it is the generous spirit of a proud people that go and motivate Fournier, ultimately releasing him from his own zombie curse. This memoir of a dedicated doctor battling the AIDS epidemic in Haiti does more than chronicle the tale of a horrible disease. It is a tender tribute to the abundant courage, resilience, and dignity of a people beset by tragedy.
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