Another week has passed here in Malawi and time is actually flying by! I don't think I've ever had so much to drink or been so relaxed in my entire life! This meant that when yet ANOTHER mishap occured with the car during ANOTHER trip to Cape Mclear I managed to retain a level head whilst being guided through a really dodgy part of town clinging to one of my Malawian friends in search of petrol (cause spacko here forgot to fill up before leaving!). This also resulted in us having to stay another night there and we had to leave at 4 in the morning to get back to the hospital. On the upside was another banging weekend at the Lake including highlights such as a boat trip and eating freshly killed duck (plus I managed to add to my sunburn only on my shoulders....WIN!).
Unfortunately I was slightly premature in my gloating that none of my patients had died as 2 have decided to do it right infront of me this week, one which was understandable but one that would have been completely preventable in the UK which is really frustrating. Other things that are frustrating about Kamuzu Central Hospital (and Malawian health care in general) are the doctors are so lazy, nothing gets done when it gets asked for, lack of resources are used as an excuse for people to not do their job properly and there is a general lack of organisation to the extent that some patients can go for days without being seen by a doctor. However, I felt very smug with myself when I managed to diagnose a case of appendicitis that all the other staff members had missed...1-0 to me!
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