And now that it’s all over…
Sunday, June 17th, 2018 |
My time in Kiwoko is finished, much too quickly. I have posted some photos to give you the feeling of day-to-day work. You may laugh when you think of scrub sinks with bars of soap held up by bottle caps. But apparently studies showed there was less microbial growth than in bottles of liquid […]
Calling Dr. Bravado
Wednesday, June 13th, 2018 |
What do you do if you are on the labour ward, you have no way to continuously monitor a baby unless someone stands there holding a Doppler for hours (not going to happen) and you have no way of tracing uterine contractions? It is not that Kiwoko wasn’t given 10 lovely machines do to all […]
Life and Death in Kiwoko
Monday, June 11th, 2018 |
If you do obstetrics, you know at some point someone will not survive – the premature baby, the woman so ill she should have never been pregnant. Some things you expect, though never get used to. Last Friday a term baby was delivered, lifeless and not resuscitatable. His mother is only 17 and hated every […]
A Typical Day in Kiwoko
Thursday, June 7th, 2018 |
This is the epitome of a tweet-like blog. Like, who really might care. But anyone reading this who want to know what a typical day is like – here you go. Alarm goes off at 0650. Crawl out from under the mosquito netting, morning ablutions, breakfast (with fresh milk delivered by a milk man on […]
How do you know a woman is in labor at Kiwoko Hospital
Wednesday, June 6th, 2018 |
The answer to that is, she has thrown off all her clothes…hardly anyone makes a sound so being naked is a big hint. If you peak into the Labour suite and the women are all dressed, you know the time to delivery is at a distance. Labour and Delivery Unit – Kiwoko How sanitary napkins […]
It’s Not What You Think
Tuesday, June 5th, 2018 |
Liquor – it isn’t what you are thinking and it isn’t even pronounced like you think if you are from the USA. Here in Kiwoko it is call Lie’ Core and refers to the amniotic fluid. Caesars isn’t just a palace but it is what we call a cesarean section. And gossipyboma which I previously […]
Sunday is for being lazy
Sunday, June 3rd, 2018 |
At least for me it has been. No thumping base all night long but whatever time zone I am on, I slept again until nearly noon. Tomorrow will be shocking when I actually have to be up and about for 0800 prayer and doctors meeting. It is very humid and warm today, adding to my […]
First weekend in Kiwoko
Saturday, June 2nd, 2018 |
After 2 days, 28 hours in 4 planes (give or take ) and a ten hour time difference I am Kiwoko Uganda. Some things are the same – traffic, crowds, need for internet connectivity and some are very different – first night under a mosquito net (no problem); showers that never have warm water (refreshing); […]
