Thousands of indigenous Brazilians live in remote villages scattered along the Amazon River, with no access to modern medical care. Government support is rare or almost nonexistent. But now, one of the country’s top neurosurgeons, Erik Jennings, has taken it upon himself to fill this gap. His family has lived on the Amazon for generations, and he pays ‘house calls’ to these isolated tribes, out of a sense of affinity for the native people that live in the rainforests, along the river.
Jungle M.D.