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How I realized I could not count

15 Sep 2023

Counting is easy, right? Kevin McGuigan recalls his time working at a mobile clinic in rural Kenya when it dawned on him just how hopeless he was at the task

The counting of medicine pills in a pill counter by a pharmacist wearing blue gloves holding a red plastic and pill containers on a wooden counter in a pharmacy
Numbers up Kevin McGuigan found he was hopelessly slow at counting pills. (Courtesy: iStock/wilpunt)
I once spent a month in Kenya taking part in a study to see if it is practical to disinfect water wi

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Kevin McGuigan is a professor of medical physics and academic director of engagement at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, e-mail kmcguigan@rcsi.ie, Twitter @KGMcGuigan
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