I’ve officially been in Moshi for one month now (two to go)!! I cannot believe how fast time has gone!
Last week we started shadowing a surgeon at the hospital (Dr. Ruga), through his surgical and maternity rounds and consultations. Though less hands on than before it has been very interesting to see how the medical system works up close. For example, many people who come in with fractures are set up in beds with a roap and rocks to hold them in place…interesting. Today we went into surgery, but only for a bit since our time ran out. All I can say is the theater was straight out of a horror movie, windows open to the outside and not sterile at all…they couldn’t find stirrups for the man’s leg so Genny and a nurse had to physically hold his legs back, the smells made us both almost pass out. To put him “under” they just loaded him up with vallium. It was a tough day! Not sure what’s happening the rest of the week, but all day friday is in surgery, so we’ll see how that goes. We can’t understand how not every person there is dying from infection! The burn ward especially.
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Week 4
The internet has been down at the house and around town for a few days, but we found a high speed internet cafe, so may be able to upload some photos at some point? This past weekend most of the volunteers from the previous group as well as ours left. Thursday night we went to the watering hole, which is a German run “mzungu” bar, then Friday at glacier (more local). So now we’re down to five until this weekend. The house is really quite, but its kind of a nice break. Heading to Zanzibar on Thursday, very excited! Will update more later, minutes running out!
Week 3…So Far
This week has been quite eventful! After fully recovering on Monday, Tuesday we got to go to the Morgue at work. I wasn’t sure what my reaction would be, but I was fine. Apparently there are two “coolers” for general deaths (disease, old age, and suicide-which is unfortunately high here) and another for police cases, which most are never solved due to lack of organization and a lot of corruption. Later that day we went to KCMC, the private hospital next to the medical school.
The Day to Day
So for those interested, my everyday looks basically like this:
Weekdays
6am-wake up
7am breakfast
8-12pm-work
1pm-lunch
then free time or “cultural activities” like waterfall hikes, orphanage visits, etc.
6pm-dinner
then usually after dinner hang around and talk to people then usually in bed by 9:30pm, at the latest!
Colliding With The Earth 