Sika | October 2, 2007
There’s a story I want to tell from the Male Medical Ward that I feel touches on many of the aspects of life here that I forget to talk about. And also confirms for me, at least, what I was thinking earlier about nurses and why they appear to be callous. One day on the [...]
Sika | October 2, 2007
Malawian nurses have a reputation for being uncaring and callous. To be perfectly honest, as much as it disappoints me that it is so, I can’t see how it could be any other way given the health care system. On the pediatric ward, there are 100 beds. There are 200-300 children and all of their [...]
Sika | August 3, 2007
Pearl pointed out that I should probably update so y’all know that I’m not dead. Which obviously if something as important as my death had occurred I would have blogged about it, duh. Anyway, surgery was Tuesday, I left the hospital Wednesday morning. I’m seeing the Peace Corps docs every other day to check on [...]
Sika | July 30, 2007
I didn’t have surgery today because the power went out at the hospital and so my surgery got rescheduled for tomorrow. I know that people at home will probably be upset about the power, but to be perfectly honest, that doesn’t concern me. Maybe already I have been here too long; gotten complacent about the [...]
