They Are Waiting For You – Angola Day 23
Thursday, August 8th, 2013 |
Seventy patients were waiting for care today as I departed the Lubango Evangelical Medical Center to fly back to INMED headquarters in the United States. These people suffer most commonly from malaria, TB, pneumonia, HIV, typhoid fever, schistosomiasis, uncontrolled diabetes, ...
What’s Your Diagnosis? – Angola Day 22
Wednesday, August 7th, 2013 |
Yesterday in clinic I was approached by this lady, who described a painless mass growing on the left side of her face for 8 months. She'd never consulted a doctor about this. Her general health history was unremarkable. No fevers, ...
Calling Health Researchers – Angola day 21
Tuesday, August 6th, 2013 |
This young lady, who gave me permission to photo her, felt desperate to bear a child. In Angolan cultural - as in much of the world - having children is not only a means to security in older ago, but ...
Passionate Personnel – Angola Day 20
Monday, August 5th, 2013 |
What components are necessary to promote health in a low-resource setting? Money, drugs, vaccines, facilities often come to mind. But in my experience the most vital but elusive of them all is passionate and prepared personnel - the people who ...
Born Blind, And Now Seeing – Angola Day 19
Sunday, August 4th, 2013 |
This nine-year young girl was born with congenital cataracts and entirely blind only until this year. That's when her mother brought the girl to Boa Vista - the eye hospital on the Angolan coastal city of Benguela. John Clements, a ...
Cancer Extraordinaire – Angola Day 17
Friday, August 2nd, 2013 |
This child presented several months ago with weakness of his legs, incontinence, and imbalance. Steve Foster recognized these classical signs of a cerebellar brain lesion. Here in this city - for a very high price - the family acquired a ...
“Come Join Us!” – Angola Day 16
Thursday, August 1st, 2013 |
Would you like to come join us? The personnel needs are ubiquitous, both for those with particular healthcare qualifications and for others with skills in administration. But regardless of your background, you must first come with the attitude of a ...
Cross-Cultural Compassion – Angola Day 15
Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 |
One beauty of Jesus' account of the Good Samaritan is the virtue it demonstrates of a person reaching beyond the prevailing social norms and barriers; a virtue applicable to any particular community across the world. This sketch is here in ...
Surprise Survivor – Angola Day 14
Tuesday, July 30th, 2013 |
I'm pictured here with Sapolo, a man of forty-five whom I first cared for a week ago. His pneumonia, the leading cause of death in low-income nations, was at that time severe. In spite of oxygen and antibiotic Sapolo's chest ...
Who Is Comforting Who? – Angola Day 13
Monday, July 29th, 2013 |
Last night I received an urgent call from our head nurse. Sónia, a girl of seven, was suffering worse respiratory distress. And suddenly, she began coughing up pus from the abscess in her neck. I was very familiar with Sónia, ...
