'All of them are cold, weak, scared, hungry, traumatised and also physically ill ... just not as bad as others.'
"And just like that, our quota for the rescue flight back is filled. We can't take any more back to Beira. Not the old man with severe elephantiasis, neither the old lady who can hardly walk because part of her house fell on her, nor the lady with a bad chest who is too scared to leave her family behind, nor any of the hundreds of children.
"None of the others can come with us. All of them are cold, weak, scared, hungry, traumatised and also physically ill ... just not as bad as others."Bhorat said the aftermath of the cyclone and flooding was not merely physical - with injuries and illness – but also deeply emotional. "A very emotional experience for the many victims, none of whom had any choice in their involvement in this disaster, but also deeply emotional for those doctors and rescuers trying to assist, who have been saddled by the heavy burden of the choices they are forced to make.
"Choices that will have negative consequences for some. I pray that my choices today were the best ones I could have made, and that those we left behind will be there tomorrow to greet us, Amen."
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