Nigeria: Ready to go

I've finished the briefing in MSF France office and will depart for Abuja, Nigeria this morning. I'll stay in Abuja tonight, then fly to Port Harcourt on Wednesday. Teme Hospital is a Trauma Centre. I'm going to treat mainly trauma patients from domestic and road traffic accidents, and other civil violence. There are high proportions of wound management and lots from gun shot. There will be around 70 % of Orthopaedic cases. I'm going to work with another two Orthopaedic surgeons from America. It would be a good chance for me to learn more about trauma surgeries and use of orthopaedic implants, external fixations. The workload may vary with the political tension. It's time around general election. It expects to be high. They are currently operating around 300 procedures per month. Work normally starts from 8am till 7 or 8 at evening. I have to return to hospital at night in case of emergency. As it's a trauma center, normally I will not deal with other kinds of surgical emergencies, like acute abdomen, peritonitis, strangulated hernia etc. If not, it would be very busy. I suppose it's one of the few hospitals providing free medical services in a city of over 1 million population. According to the security guideline, Outdoor activities are not allowed, except driving on MSF car between hospital and guesthouse. That means I could not run in next 6 weeks. I will try doing some exercises in the guesthouse. OK. Ready to go.