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Fufu!
Fufu is pounded yams. Dr. Hewitt is in the background purchasing some. When these two girls saw me...
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Uploaded on Nov 2, 2006
Delivery Room
This is where the women have their babies. Not quite as nice as the 'family birthing centers' here in the States!
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Uploaded on Nov 2, 2006
Osteomyelitis of the Arm
So in Africa you just wait for a new bone to grow and then take out the 'sequestrum' a.k.a. the old...
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Uploaded on Nov 2, 2006
Tree
If I was smarter I'd tell you what kind it is. But I don't know.
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Uploaded on Nov 2, 2006
The #2 Beast of Burden
You think I'm joking but donkeys really are Africa's number two beast of burden, right behind women. I guess it's because the women kick less...
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Uploaded on Nov 2, 2006
Osteomyelitis of the Skull
This poor little guy fell out of a tree. His parents brought him to the hospital but one of...
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Uploaded on Nov 2, 2006
The feeding center.
This is where the malnourished kids were sent to give them adequate nutrition and teach the mothers how to give them good diets.
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Uploaded on Oct 21, 2006
Big Ben
I stopped in London on the way home and discovered that the wimpy little, point-and-shoot digital...
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Uploaded on Oct 21, 2006
Billboard
A friend.
This little boy was my friend. The interpretor stepped out for a minute so I couldn't do anything...
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Uploaded on Oct 21, 2006
Church
We would always go to church late so that we didn't have to be their for 3+ hours. Lot of energy in...
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Uploaded on Oct 21, 2006
A Prostate.
This is a prostate. They are usually the size of a walnut, not a baseball. It weighed 168 grams.
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Uploaded on Oct 21, 2006
My Deliveree!
I cut this kid out myself! My very major first surgery! Proudest moment of my life so far!
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Uploaded on Oct 21, 2006
Dr Hewitt
Dr Hewitt is the other family practice doctor. He does not do surgery. He runs the TB ward.
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Uploaded on Oct 21, 2006
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Dr. Faile. His father founded the hospital and he actually grew up in Nalerigu. He is also a family practice doctor but he does surgery.
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Uploaded on Oct 21, 2006
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This child was a patient at the feeding center. I would walk by the feeding center on my way to the...
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Uploaded on Oct 21, 2006
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Leopard skin for sale in the tourist market. Price: 1.5 million cedis (~$150). Penalty for smuggling it into the US: $50,000 and 5 years in prison.
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Uploaded on Oct 21, 2006
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