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...ward at building 25, almost all of the forty-five residents spend each of their waking hours sitting in plastic chairs lined up against the walls. In order to keep the children seated the attendants administer beatings whenever a child gets up to walk around and the nurses administer sedatives three times a day. In extreme cases, that is to say when a child is especially determined to walk around, the attendants won't hesitate to tie a resident to his chair with shoelaces or bedsheets. All too often the children are forced to remain in their seats even after...
...there were some break in this monotony, things would not be quite so dismal. But only three of the children in the ward go to school, and that lasts less than two hours...
...clothes provided for the children are of a rough cotton fabric and they rarely fit the child who wears them. Oftentimes, there aren't enough clothes to go around for all the residents in the ward...
...case, Sally and I became friends as best as people in our circumstances possibly could. Although Sally did not live on the ward on which I worked, I would spend the best part of my day carrying her around with me. I did all I could to make her happy. She never failed to reciprocate...
...many own funds of course--and sat through the entire game. The Pats led through the first half, only to be routed in the second. What non-monetary reward did I get for my support? Such fatigue that I had to spend most of that night in the emergency ward of a New Bedford hospital recovering from a Foxboro...