Has the effort of fetching the water been too much for him? Was he dead or sleeping?
A child's body lay nearby, so covered in sand and sores it was impossible to tell at first that she was a baby girl. The surgeon trod across the sand and bent down to examine her.
Dead
Further up the beach, almost out of sight, a woman lay, her arms outstretched in death, her body swelling. . The old man hesitated, still in the boat. He met White's eye, then climbed out and began digging in the sand
A grave
The boy gave a tiny moan. He was still alive as well. That decided him.
*moan*
We need to take the man and the boy to the hospital