Seeing patients
Thursday, September 11th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »10/10/08 I couldn’t come up with a clever title perhaps I am tired. These past three days I have been in the OPD seeing patients. After rounding with the doctor in the ward I tell the nurses I am there and ...
a super tourist for a day
Sunday, September 7th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »9/7/08 From what I can tell when people visit Ghana as a tourist at some point they all go to Cape Coast. I had been meaning to go since I arrived but the planning hadn’t quite worked out. Since this was ...
so many pregnant women, so much malaria
Sunday, September 7th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »9/6/08 Thursday also started out slow. I told the nurses I would be in room 4 and to send me some English speaking patients. I waited. I went and asked again. Oh they are coming. More waiting. I finally saw one ...
Dr. Kristen???? Let me introduce you to malaria.
Thursday, September 4th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »9/4/08 This week seems to be flying by. I was scheduled to be in the OPD (out pt department) all this week. Monday I mostly just shadowed one of the doctors. He would see patients, they would talk in Twi. I ...
Mini Adventures
Monday, September 1st, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »8/31/08 This weekend I tried to be a little more adventurous. I didn’t quite do as much as I had planned but with my guide book in hand managed to have some mini adventures. Friday night after the eye clinic I ...
Nurses’ Station and Eye Clinic
Monday, September 1st, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »8/29/08 This Wed and Thurs I was in the out patient department (OPD) nurses’ station. This is where patients get checked in and their vitals are taken. Also there is a treatment room where they do injections, ear lavage, suturing, wound ...
The female ward - Gotta love the ladies.
Friday, August 29th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »8/26/08 Monday and Tuesday of this week I was in the female ward. The ward consists of a room each for general medicine, pediatrics, patients in labor, delivery, and postpartum. Take for instance the general medicine room. There are no partitions, ...
Settling in
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »8/24/08 Since Friday I have been feeling a lot more settled here at the hospital and living in the mission house. Nothing in particular seems to have changed. I suppose I finally got over the initial shock of the new place, ...
The weekend comes
Monday, August 25th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »8/22/08 I can’t believe I have already completed one week in Ghana. The time is already going by fast. Per request let me tell you a little bit more about the hospital. Manna Mission Inc also includes a school and a ...
First day well in Ghana
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »8/18/08 I fell asleep last night easily only to be lying in bed two hours later wide awake. I think my body was confused and my mind was racing. Also when I woke up all the cool breezes had disappeared; everything ...