Blogs & Stories
May 04, 2009
As I said before, I was not in good mood in last two days. Today, I tried to send this message but failed again. It’s rather frustrated. I did my first appendicetomy (resection of inflamed appendix) today for a 12 years old girl. She was referred...
May 02, 2009
It is a holiday today in Yemen as compensation for the Labour Day on 1st May., but I was in very bad mood. I lost my young patient with chest injury and multiple gun shot wounds. When I looked back, we had much room for improvement in his management...
May 02, 2009
Today is the Labour Day and the Friday Prayer Day. We will have our compensation off tomorrow but of course not for our surgical team. We need to be on duty everyday. Normally, we may have our ward round on rest day (Prayer Day), than we can go home...
May 01, 2009
Just returned from the hospital, I’m not sure whether I have made a right decision. It was Thursday night, evening before the Prayer Day, Friday. We gathered in one of our staff house for a “kat” gathering. It serves as a social function for local...
Apr 29, 2009
Good news of the young man with GSW remains stable. But there is still a long way to go as his chest is getting stiff after multiple transfusion. Again, we can see the beauty of mankind in this kind of situation. The patient is still in critical...