Friday 24th June
Today has been focused on typhoid. Dave Lyth one of the surgeons here is starting a coordinated campaign to tackle the typhoid epidemic there is here. Last month there were 32 patients requiring surgery for gut perforation which is a staggeringly large number. There needs to be a coordinated and multifaceted campaign to tackle the problem involving clean water supply better education alleviating poverty as well as striving to achieve the best possible management when patients arrive at hospital.
The hospital has a substantial number of medical students who seem to have been very much left to get on with things. I took pity on them today and ran a session on malaria for them which seemed to go down OK and I’ve promised to do something around lunchtime each day next week so hopefully by the end of it all they may have some grasp of what is going on in the medical and paediatric wards
Ann managed to teach the remainder of lesson 1 this morning and this afternoon had a very successful trip to Kazinga market. There is certainly a lot more fruit available at present. Pity I don’t like mangoes!
A big avocado pear 4p!
large finger bananas cost about 15p - delicious!
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