22/03/2009 2300 GMT +10 The past week at Kikori
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »The past week has gone by pretty slowly, mainly because there haven’t been many patients in the hospital, and we don’t have much to do after daily ward rounds. We took about half an hour to get to church on Sunday, ...
14/03/2009 0915 GMT +10) Post Patrol and Orientating myself to Kikori
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Hello world! I’m still very much alive and am finally at Kikori now, after meandering through the many rivers and creeks of Gulf Province! Its been an interesting week so far. What meant to be a 5-day patrol was cut short to 3 days, ...
(07/03/2009 2130 GMT +10) My last post from Kapuna
Monday, March 16th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I drafted this before my previous post, but didn’t have time to upload it to send it off, so here it is! So, I’m at the end of my stay at Kapuna. It’s been an experience here, practicing medicine in the bush, learning to ...
Time to say bye! (9/09/2009 0800 GMT +10)
Monday, March 9th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »And so, my time in Kapuna has come to an end. We take the boat out today and start our patrol in various villages before reaching our final destination, Kikori Hospital on Friday/Saturday. A whole new experience again, and I am looking forward ...
Of handicraft and food (02/03/2009 2130 GMT +10)
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »It’s pouring, finally. The feeling of having the rain can almost be likened to having my first bowl of bak chor mee after I touch down from London. It’s been a really hot day here in Kapuna today, and I was just wondering when ...
Funny PNG Patients! (26/02/2009 2200 GMT +10)
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »The past few days have been eventful. Hospital wise. The adult ward has got interesting patients at the moment, with 2 patients with ?malignancy. One can’t be 100% sure because we don’t have the investigations to prove it but we are almost certain that the ...
The wonders of God and Medicine (25/02/2009 1630 GMT +10)
Thursday, February 26th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I just returned from the labour ward after having done my first delivery. This woman who was in labour had been having regular contractions since last night 9pm, only to deliver at 9.20pm tonight. Her contractions reported from last night were probably Braxton-Hicks, but still, ...
The rain came! (20/2/2009 1130 GMT +10)
Monday, February 23rd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I had a slow start to the week as I nursed my problematic nose and sore throat. Thankfully, I got better after some self medication and intranasal steroid spray from Valerie. Hospital wise, things have been going fine and I have started seeing my own ...
15.2.2009, Finally stepping on Kapuna soil
Monday, February 16th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Today, being Sunday, is a day of rest for everyone, and I munch on my starfruit and pineapple as I type this. Its been a week since I left the comforts of my own home for PNG, and one week on, I’m sitting in ...
My Journey So Far
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »And so, I'm finally here in Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea. The flight from Singapore to Brisbane was uneventful, and fortunately, I was able to catch quite alot of sleep on the plane. At Brisbane international, I managed ...