CARIMAC Times 2016: The JREAM Edition Journalists Reviving Awareness of what Matters | Page 60

Living On
Neglect

The gate is ajar and unmanned. Nurses are hustling to different rooms with servings of
cornmeal porridge while Rafael Wright, a man with a physical disability, lies on a cot
covered by a discoloured sheet. He lies in silence with his eyes closed. His ‘solitude’ is
interrupted to feed him his breakfast.

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Text by Rasheda Myles