This post of 27 April 2013 was never posted and is now posted.
Currently the Ghanaian doctors are in conflict with the government over their pay and are caring only for emergency and ward patients. Even so, we have been busy with a massive road traffic accident in which four patients died out of sixty. We were able to save several patients, including a six year old girl. Many of these patients presented in shock from blood loss, fractures, head trauma and respiratory injuries. The chance of dying in the developing world from a road traffic accident is ten times that of the developed world. The developing world does not have efficient transportation to the hospital, the necessary medical specialist on staff, or the supplies to care for these patients. After working into the night caring for these patients, five Ghanaians and I were directed by a taxi driver, who had a strong alcoholic breath, into a taxi. The driver then announced that he realized the taxi did not actually belong to him and we would have to transfer to his taxi in front. The Ghanaians verbally insulted him and I, myself, questioned whether I should be getting into his taxi. Nonetheless, I fortunately arrived home safely and did not become another statistic that night.
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