Quang Ngai is a three-hour drive from the nearest airport along a dangerous single-lane highway.

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It is a single-lane, pot-holed highway winding perilously around peaks up to 5, 000 metres (16, 000 feet) high.

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The highway turns into a single-lane dirt road, and Dixon's uncle pulls the Rover into the final outpost this side of the mountain, the town of Chogoria Hospital, so named because it has the only healthcare facility for miles around.

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