Thursday
HBB2 Dolisie Day 1
Today we taught in Dolisie which is the third largest city in the Republic of the Congo. Most of the 43 in attendance are nurses who work in small health centers in remote rural areas of the region, some as far away as 250 miles away. We taught in a conference room in the regional office complex which was built by the Chinese.
This evening we visited a hospital here in Dolisie with an OB/GYN physician who is assisting with the teaching here. He is a very devoted Christian man who oversees a dilapidated hospital that was built in the 1930’s by the French. He is supported by a Christian congregation in Vermont. The doctor performs C-sections and Gynecologic surgeries but also performs general surgery and trauma surgery as the need arises. He also oversees a farming project on the hospital grounds so that the hospital staff can sell onions to help support the hospital.
One hospital building has been closed because of a very leaky roof. We made rounds with the doctor and met two patients who are hunters. In two separate incidents, they were each been attacked and gored by water buffaloes. One had to have a partial bowel resection. In addition we visited the Pediatric unit.
No comments:
Post a Comment