August 28
Friday, August 29th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »28 August 2008 FAQs I depart Cameroon on September 1st and arrive in Kigali, Rwanda on September 2nd. Shyira clinic is a 3-4 hour drive from Kigali, outside of Ruhengeri. They tell me the only internet access is on ...
August 16
Friday, August 29th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »16 August 2008 "Country med-cine" Two weeks ago marked the end of the hardest week so far. I was in charge of running the 28 bed female-ward by myself, and there were some very sick patients, six of whom died ...
Post - August 8, 2008
Friday, August 29th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Empathetically injured Mbingo Hospital has “chaplains” that round in each ward and are around to provide spiritual and emotional counseling and support as patients request. Today the female-ward chaplain-in-training showed up to morning rounds with an oversized-trauma-neck-stabilizing-collar around her neck, ...
First Post!
Monday, July 21st, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »The year is 1952. You are in the African country of Cameroon, in search of a piece of land on which to build a hospital for the care of people with leprosy. After being turned down many times, you finally ...
bon voyage
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Greetings! On June 28th, 2008, I will leave for the African country of Cameroon. After spending July and August at the Banso Baptist Hospital in Cameroon, I will be spending the next four months in Rwanda. If you would like to follow along ...