Dec 1, 2015
Our team was spread out today. We had 3 ENT surgeries at Cure, and I helped
out with the other OR cases: 2 plastic
surgery (cleft lip and palate) and 6 orthopedic cases. One of our audiologists did 11 audiograms for
patients at Cure. Our surgeons evaluated
22 patients in clinic.
The rest of our audiology team went to Mother Teresa home
which is a boarding school for orphans, many of whom have HIV. They were testing the hearing of all of the
students, of which there are about 120.
They evaluated 47 today.
I am proud to be a member of the American Society of
Anesthesiologist Global Humanitarian Outreach committee. Our committee has sponsored a scholarship
program to send US Anesthesiology residents to Cure hospital for a month as
part of their educational training. It
has been great to spend some time with the resident who is here this month.
I had time for a swim after working, and tonight’s dinner
will be Indian!
Tomorrow includes more OR cases, more student evaluations at
Mother Teresa, several meetings and visits with other clinicians and hospitals.
The weather is gorgeous here, flowers are blooming around
some of the tourist spots, and our (Western) hotel even has some Christmas
decorations (which seems quite odd).
Every afternoon we can hear the roars at the local soccer stadium.
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