Travel Shinanagans
Sunday, October 26th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Once again I had trouble leaving a country. Violence against the railways (complicated story that i will tell later) this past week made the national railway service cancel all travel in Biharon Friday, including my train ride from Raxaul to ...
In the community
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »This week has been my week to participate in Duncan hospital’s community programs and oh my do I have many stories to tell. Since I have just returned from riding side-saddle on a motorcycle all day on roads that are ...
A few of my favorite things
Saturday, October 18th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »Things that make me happy in Raxaul: Butter cookies and chai tea Healthy Children The doctors, especially Drs. Rimi and Mini Colorful saris and salwar kameez Female pediatric patients Cold showers on hot days The card game Idiot White teeth Time to read a novel Surviving walking in Raxaul alone Killing ...
Boot Camp for Eyes
Thursday, October 16th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »This week was an eye camp and a Doctor from Karola came to preform the surgeries. The opthamologist who has been here for 30+ years, Dr. Helen, has severe problems with her neck so she is not longer able to ...
Death
Monday, October 13th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »One of the patients, an 18 year old boy with tuberculosis meningitis, passed away last night. He had been here since I started and we managed to get him well enough to come off a ventilator but then he got ...
Broken Sink!
Friday, October 10th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »So I broke my sink last night. I was showering and the electricity went out so it was pitch black in the bathroom. There is no actual shower, just a head in the wall of the bathroom, so I started ...
A schedule of sorts cont.
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »Once the rounding is done it is usually near to 1 pm and I head to the guest house for lunch. Lunch consists of chapatas (small circular flat bread similiar to tortillas), a curried vegetable, rice, and dahl (lentil soup). ...
A schedule of sorts
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I thought I might comment on what my schedule has been looking like. Every morning I wake up a little before 7 and take a cold but running shower (it almost wakes me up). I then put on my salway kameez ...
In Raxaul
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I arrived in Raxaul last night after the very long 24.5 hours train ride which I hear can sometime stretch to 30 so I am only complaining a little. Today was a holiday (Ghandi's birthday) so no one was working. ...