final thoughts
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I have been writing down interesting cases and observations of the culture and people of Ghana to blog about, so this may be a fragmented blog but bear with me. The hardest cases for me have been ones in which we ...
my last week
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Sorry I haven't blogged in a while but the internet here has not been very reliable lately. So this is my last week here, I leave Thursday (tomorrow) night. Last Saturday I went shopping in Accra. It was really fun! Maakporye ...
cape coast and kakum
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Saturday I finally had a chance to do some traveling! A few people here were nice enough to take me to the Cape Coast and Kakum national park. We had to leave early because it was quite a long journey. ...
Ghanian wedding and church
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Dr. Ablorh's brother, Ebanazeh got married on Saturday and I was lucky enough to be invited to experience this event. I, however, was very unprepared for a wedding! I did not bring any nice clothes or shoes, just attire for ...
50 pregnant ladies, a late night c-section, and absolutely no ID docs
Friday, August 7th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »So yesterday was antepartum day. Basically all of the pregnant ladies due for checkup come around 7am and take a number then wait all day to be seen by me and a midwife, who is the cutiest old lady that ...
arrival and first day
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I arrived to Manna Mission last night and got settled in. The airport in Accra reminded me of a small open airport like the ones I have been to in Mexico; after the plane landed everyone went down some steps ...