“As the train passed the stop for Hampstead, very close to the Royal Free Hospital, I decided on the spur of the moment to have it dressed by a professional.
A triage nurse saw me quickly. I explained that I’d been bitten by a mosquito in Kenya, and it now seemed infected. I tried to add nonchalantly that I thought the area was wriggling. I didn’t want to be the ‘crazy lady’ of the day.
I needn’t have worried. As I rolled up my sleeve to show the nurse, it became immediately clear to both of us that it was not a mosquito bite. Out of the - now larger - hole popped what appeared to be a small maggot, accompanied by the now familiar wave of pain. I widened my eyes in horror.
‘Please, can I lead you into this room?’ she said in a very, very calm voice. She shut me into a small room with a foot-wide, securely sealed door. ‘I’m getting someone to come and see you,’ she mouthed from the other side.”
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