Andrew Brainard’s Blog

In Uganda…

Hello blog.

Alright, I’m back on the internet to blog. I’ve been here in Uganda for a little more than a week and things are going pretty well. There is certainly a bit of culture shock, but I feel that the InMed materials have been surprising good at preparing me for this.

It is kind of crazy. 250 beds. 9 doctors, 4 medical students, and myself. There is lots of HIV/AIDS, tetanus, malaria, trauma, and maternal deaths. No Ebola, but I did lose a mother to DIC a couple days ago. Its tough.

There is only power for only a couple hours a day, unreliable water and a poor internet connection. I think that I learning some good stuff, lots of procedures, and tons of weird diagnosis.

The doctors, staff, and patients that I’m working with here are amazing. There are a couple senor Ugandan and European doctors, and couple of Ugandan and British doctors in training.

There are some many interesting and unfortunate social, public health, administrative, and clinical issues here that I don’t even know were to start. I’ll think about it for next blog.