An up close and personal look at healthcare in Ghana
I had to opportunities to get an up close and personal look at healthcare in Ghana. The first opportunity that came was with Gabby. Gabby was really sick for the first day in Tamale so much so that Dr. Seth though it best that we postpone going on outreach so that she could get looked at the local hospital. The Local hospital was a small u-shaped building with an inner courtyard that acted as the main entrance and the reception for admitting patients. When we first arrived there was a chicken running though the middle of the hospital. Gabby was screened for the malaria parasite and tested positive St. Lucy's Hospital She decide to fly back to Accra to get access to a better hospital and to be closer to more members of the Unite for Sight group. That left me and Natalie to go on the surgical outreach to Nkwanta. About two or three days earlier the lymph nodes in the front of my throat had gotten pretty swollen but I didn’t think much of it. I went a...