On Life And Loss

摘要

In 1976 Irene Scheimberg fled Argentina when the military regime began arresting and killing her friends, experiences that have made her extra sensitive to injustice. Today, as a paediatric pathologist in the UK, she is prepared to challenge it whenever it arises, whether it be shaken baby syndrome or the controversy over retained organs at Liverpool's Alder Hey Children's hospital, she tells Sue ArmstrongrnWhat kind of family did you grow up in?rnMy grandfather was a civil rights lawyer and both my parents are doctors. It was a family in which you had to do something for society.rnBut you had to leave Argentina?rnIn 1976 there was a coup d'etat and a military dictatorship took over. It was the most brutal in Argentina's long history of military dictatorships. Lots of my friends were "disappearing" and my ex-boyfriend Carlos -a very recent ex and somebody I really loved -disappeared. His body was found in the river with marks around the wrists and ankles.