Friday 11th February
It was a very hectic day today. The medical director disappeared for the day at short notice so I spent the afternoon going round the very many paediatric in patients for 4 hours covering his absence. It was my first time doing a ward round on the childrens ward and it was the first time many of them had been reviewed by a doctor for 2-3 days. It is amazing just how tiny some of the babies are around 700grams yet doing OK.
Last night a doctor who is the medical director at Nyankunde Hospital in Congo stayed at the guest house. Dr Philip Wood was a very modest man of around 65 very active and very fulfilled in what he was doing. He was evacuated from Nyankunde in 2002 when it was overrun by rebels and several hundred people killed but he seemed very philosophical about the security situation in that area of the Congo at present. It was very humbling to meet someone so dedicated to what he was doing. I have certainly met an amazing range of people through my weeks here.
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