Blog #6. Wednesday February 24th. Happenings in PNG
Thursday, February 25th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I have learned a new peculiarity to PNG. While all countries have their particular methods of suicide or self harm, I have learned that a particular form of self injury is rather common to a particular community in PNG. We had a man ...
Blog #5, February 16
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »So, I really haven't talked about what daily life is like here. The day starts for me when the sun wakes me up, around 0615. We do a ward round at 7, which usually lasts 2-3 hours with out current patient load. ...
Blog #4, February 13, Adventures in PNG
Monday, February 15th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Today after hospital rounds we went hunting for Sago grubs. Off we went dressed in gum boots (rubber boots), old clothes, and hats and wielding bush knives and axes. The sago trees are cut down the day before, and then you split the ...
Blog #3. February 12. Happy Birthday to me.
Monday, February 15th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I have now been working at Kapuna for a little over a week. Dr Mark Smith, a physician from New Zealand joined us this week and started working yesterday. Dr Valerie will be leaving for two weeks, and Dr. Mark and I will ...
Post #2: Not in Kansas (Missouri) anymore….. February 5
Monday, February 8th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I arrived safely in Kapuna on February 3rd. Apparently there was some mix-up with picking me up at the airport. The people who were supposed to get me came several hours early and thought I didn't come. Fortunately, one of the doctor's family ...