Since the mid-1990s when combination antiretroviral therapy became available in the United States, HIV has quickly become a chronic condition. “Like diabetes” we often say. AIDS is a problem of “Africa” and other “overseas” nations, the general consensus goes. Yet, in the United States, tens of thousands of people are newly infected with HIV on […]
Wash Your Hands Before You Pick Your Nose!
Wash your hands before you pick your nose! Those were the parting words from our microbiology lab director. I started fellowship in the Microbiology lab. 3 weeks of bliss compared to what was to come. The goals were to learn the fundamentals of clinical microbiology, to become better consultants by being able to actually interpret […]
Back to the Clinic of the Fevers Unit
I am now seeing patients in the outpatient clinic of the Fevers Unit at Korle Bu on my own. My partner doctor makes it a point to tell the patients that I may look Ghanaian but I’m obroni (white person or foreigner). They ask for those with good English skills to sit at my consultation […]
Thoughts of Korle Bu & Fevers Unit Clinic
At Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Ghana, I attended Mortality Review for the Department of Medicine. It was similar to Surgical M&M in that they went through all their cases. In a Medical M&M it is typical to choose one or a couple of cases with salient teaching points to review. A resident from each ward recounts […]
Preparing for Clinicals At Korle-Bu
I went to Korle Bu to pay my fees for the privilege of doing clinicals and to meet with the doctors I will be working with at the Fevers Unit. I sat in on an inter-disciplinary meeting (pharmacists, doctors, nurses, counsellors) which was quite interesting. They have clinic hours Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. There are […]