{"id":2042,"date":"2005-08-01T01:03:31","date_gmt":"2005-08-01T01:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/?p=2042"},"modified":"2016-01-02T01:06:26","modified_gmt":"2016-01-02T01:06:26","slug":"dreams-fulfilled-in-cameroon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/2005\/08\/01\/dreams-fulfilled-in-cameroon\/","title":{"rendered":"Dreams Fulfilled In Cameroon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/cartwright-paul.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2043\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2043 size-full\" style=\"margin: 10px\" src=\"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/cartwright-paul.jpg\" alt=\"cartwright-paul\" width=\"200\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a>Paul Cartwright has long dreamed of serving in Africa. Now, as a medical student at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Paul\u2019s dream is becoming reality. He is scheduled to study at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmed.us\/service-learning\/training-sites\/banso-baptist-hospital-cameroon\" target=\"_blank\">Banso Baptist Hospital<\/a> in Cameroon, West Africa, in January and February, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the beginning of med school I had the opportunity to do ophthalmology work with at team in Haiti. We took out cataracts and prescribed glasses for hundreds of people who were basically blind before we came. The experience totally transformed me. Medicine is a great way to serve people, and almost no needy country will turn doctors away. I\u2019m excited to go study in Cameroon now that I have more skills to share. After finishing my medical training I can see myself integrating medical missions throughout my career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Banso Baptist Hospital is a full-service facility with a daily census of 300 patients. Outpatient services include the entire range of family medicine, including prenatal care and well-child care. Banso Baptist Hospital is part of a network that includes 23 health centers, a nursing school, and a village health worker training program. Banso Baptist Hospital is also part of the Pan-African Association of Christian Surgeon\u2019s residency program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Cartwright has long dreamed of serving in Africa. Now, as a medical student at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Paul\u2019s dream is becoming reality. He is scheduled to study at Banso Baptist Hospital in Cameroon, West Africa, in January and February, 2006. &nbsp; \u201cAt the beginning of med school I had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inmed-grads-in-action"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}