Surviving a spinal cord injury

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STOCKHOLM: There is a thrill in visiting another country.

On this Swedish voyage serious adventure was always a prospect. The rare encounter to meet with the King and Queen of Sweden, an opportunity to interview and meet two senior Swedish ministers as well as Captains of industry.

When I looked at my schedule I salivated at the mouth-watering prospect of hobnobbing with the big shots and I almost concluded that this would be the highlight of my Swedish escapade and everything else was going to be a sideshow. I even entertained thoughts of blocking out a late appointment with Dr Claes Hulting of the Spinalis Foundation. I am glad I did not.

Editor's Comment
Depression is real; let's take care of our mental health

It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...

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