Blogs & Stories

Today is Sunday. I'm off duty but still I performed three operations in the hospital while John was making the ward rounds. We received very bad news once we arrived at the hospital. The young man with snakebite died suddenly last night. We really...

Today is Saturday and I'm on call. It's not too busy. I'm back from the hospital after seeing some minor problems in the ER. Yesterday morning, when I was doing the ward rounds to see the woman with the ruptured uterus, I asked her whether she would...

Yesterday was a busy day. I was called back to the hospital at 7:30am and worked until 8pm, almost non-stop. I slept at 9:30pm after my supper and a bath, and woke up again at 5:30am. Fortunately, I had not been called. Or I might well be in a coma...

This has been the most quiet and relaxing evening for me so far in Monrovia. Four people left yesterday. John and Mike are on emergency OT in the hospital. I'm off duty today. Other people are not around and I'm alone in the compound. I just...

Yesterday was Valentine's Day. I met a few nice people here, whom I want to introduce to you. The first is Chris, an anaesthetist from the US. He is leaving today after six weeks at the mission. As you may recall, I was called to see patients in the...