A different kind of surgery

As if partaking in a 4 day jungle clinic, searching the jungle for a girl with cleft palate, and showering in the river weren’t exciting enough, I had the privilege to partake in canine facial surgery. We stumbled upon an older black dog with a huge mass around it’s eye on our way back from […]

The Family Doctor: Your tour guide to the health care system

Medicine in developing nations is, most people would probably agree, substantially different from medicine in developed countries.  Still, there are many aspects of the health care experience that seem to be universal, shared by ‘have’s and ‘have-nots’ alike.  For example, the prospect of surgery under general anesthesia is daunting whether you are having it at […]