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 ...