{"id":1392,"date":"2014-11-15T00:56:28","date_gmt":"2014-11-15T00:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/?p=1392"},"modified":"2016-01-04T00:59:56","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T00:59:56","slug":"from-inmed-totolidge-to-tanzania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/2014\/11\/15\/from-inmed-totolidge-to-tanzania\/","title":{"rendered":"From Training To Tanzania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/11\/smelser-danny-dosage-stick-e1416185750416.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1393\" src=\"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/11\/smelser-danny-dosage-stick-e1416185750416.jpg\" alt=\"smelser-danny-dosage-stick\" width=\"530\" height=\"415\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had a vision for medical ministry in Tanzania,&#8221; says emergency medicine physician Danny Smelser. &#8220;Years ago, my ideas were bold and my heart filled with excitement and compassion. What was lacking was a road map to mature development of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tanzaniacc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tanzania Christian Clinic<\/a> &#8211; TCC. That&#8217;s why I sought out INMED.&#8221; I first met in 2010 when he participated in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmed.us\/courses-info\/hybrid-courses\/international-medicine-public-health\/\" target=\"_blank\">INMED International Medicine &amp; Public Health Hybrid Course<\/a>, and then again in Louisville last week. During those course weeks Dr.\u00a0Smelser and his classmates tacked the entire spectrum of low-resource, cross-cultural healthcare, from managing tropical fever to massaging relationships with national staff and civic leaders.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Today TCC, under Dr. Smelser&#8217;s guidance, offers expanding care for people of Monduli district, many of whom suffer from malaria, typhoid, schistosomiasis, tuberculosis, and severe dysentery. HIV-AIDS is prevalent, as are eye maladies. Danny Smelser describes the heart of the matter: &#8220;Like the Great Physician,\u00a0TCC aims to minister to heart, soul, mind, and body. The typical history and physical at TCC includes a spiritual health component, and health care is administered to all patients without regard to their particular religious beliefs. Spiritual counseling and chaplain services are offered to all who express interest.&#8221; All this started with a vision, and we at INMED were privileged to help sharpen that focus.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &#8220;I had a vision for medical ministry in Tanzania,&#8221; says emergency medicine physician Danny Smelser. &#8220;Years ago, my ideas were bold and my heart filled with excitement and compassion. What was lacking was a road map to mature development of Tanzania Christian Clinic &#8211; TCC. 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