Sangeeta

“The Embassy pays,” Sangeeta says with great invective because the International Office is being less than helpful in processing the paperwork needed to send one of our patients home.

Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011

When I pass Sangeeta in the hall a few weeks later, she tells me, “Your boyfriend finally left,” meaning Muffinball.

Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011

Sangeeta is remarkably prescient in this prediction.

Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011

He lies in his crib recovering from one illness or another until he is just well enough that Sangeeta hopes against all hope that she might be able to send him home.

Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011

“This is just Aban,” Sangeeta had told the home nurse by phone and then told the doctors who cared for him in the ER.

Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011

But toward the end of my month with Sangeeta and Venee, we are transferred a patient who reminds me again why I would never be able to find the strength to do this job every day.

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“Frances is not a normal child,” Sangeeta smiles even as she shakes her head.

Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011

On the Africa front, the revenue was below our estimates, said Sangeeta Tripathi, an analyst at Mumbai-based brokerage Sharekhan.

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When I speak with Sangeeta, we decide that it is worth the risk to feed him.

Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011

When Sangeeta tells us that the Embassy pays, she says it angrily because she knows that it paradoxically means Aban is not getting the kind of care he actually deserves.

Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011