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I am currently home in the US
to spend time with my family and to attend an ear, nose and throat meeting at
which I intend to procure critical medical equipment for Tamale Teaching
Hospital. On route, I flew Turkish Airlines and had an interesting two-day layover in Istanbul. My work in Ghana is rewarding - teaching medical students, treating
infections, saving the lives of children choking from inhaled foreign bodies
and repairing facial lacerations and fractures resulting from road traffic
accidents. It is also stressful. There are cultural conflicts, more work than
can be accomplished and a lack of laboratory, pathology, radiology and
anesthesia support. Although medical care is available in the southern part of
the country, the majority of patients we see in the Northern Region cannot
afford even the cost of travel to get to those facilities. Hopefully, I will
return to Tamale with renewed enthusiasm and strength to both overcome the
challenges and continue to provide care to those in need.
