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Since their expulsion from the island of Saint Vincent 215 years ago, the Garifuna have struggled against exclusion, racism, and dispossession of their land and territory. Today, their very first hospital serves as a bastion of self-determination. Revolutionary Medicine: A Story of the First Garifuna Hospital tells the story of how the hospital's alternative health model is transforming communities on Honduras Northern Coast and standing as an alternative to the increasingly privatized national health system. Could a remote hospital that runs on solar panels, in a community without paved roads or electricity, provide a new global model for health care?

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