Nakpanduri
Saturday, February 26th, 2011 Posted in Baptist Medical Centre - Nalerigu, Ghana | No Comments »Today was our first day rounding without the huge team of adults around. Really just lost an internist and pediatrician. But that is two whole wards we weren't rounding on before. We started about 8:30 and took us until after ...
Sad Day
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011 Posted in Baptist Medical Centre - Nalerigu, Ghana | No Comments »Another day of clinic. I was busy in a different way today. My first order of business is always rounds which went by quickly and uneventfully. However, prior to starting clinic we were called to peds to see a 10 ...
Catching Up
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011 Posted in Baptist Medical Centre - Nalerigu, Ghana | No Comments »Saturday 19/2/11 I found out that rounds start a little later on Saturday mornings. The fellow likes to sleep in! :-) He deserves the extra hour of sleep for all the hard work he does. We did discuss a game plan ...
Dental Clinic
Friday, February 18th, 2011 Posted in Baptist Medical Centre - Nalerigu, Ghana | No Comments »Whew! It was a long, dusty day today. We went out with the dental team to the villiages today. Our crew was Jerry, the actual dentist, his wife Sandra, Alasan, the Ghanian dentist, Davis, our driver, his wife, Carol, our ...
Happy Child Learning Centre
Thursday, February 17th, 2011 Posted in Baptist Medical Centre - Nalerigu, Ghana | 1 Comment »Hello! Today was pretty great! We had rounds this morning. Brynn, 4th yr from Omaha, and I took care of peds today. Bill, the pediatrician, went to sit with a 35 wk twin who was born last night. The babies ...
First Clinic Day
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011 Posted in Baptist Medical Centre - Nalerigu, Ghana | No Comments »Today began at 7:30 am with rounds. I ran into Bill, the pediatrician, first today so I did rounds with him on the peds ward. We started with a 6 month old little boy who was s/p intussception repair, ileocecectomy, ...
Nalerigu
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011 Posted in Baptist Medical Centre - Nalerigu, Ghana | No Comments »Hello! We made it! We got up at 4 am to catch our 6am flight from Accra to Tamale. From Tamale we drove 2.5 hrs by van to Nalerigu in the Northern Region. If you are from the country you ...
3 days…
Thursday, February 10th, 2011 Posted in Baptist Medical Centre - Nalerigu, Ghana | No Comments »Hello! My mom, Kathy, my fellow resident, Kim, and I depart on Sunday for Ghana, West Africa. A valiant effort will be made to keep you all updated as to our adventures. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers as ...