Observing Rural Healthcare in Villages (Part I)
Our day at SEARCH, a healthcare facility in Shodgram (Maharashtra), was our best opportunity to understand village life in....
Read More Saturday, August 23, 2014
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Sick in Sevagram
(The following is a description of events during my two week observational period of healthcare practices in India)
The patient was sitting in a chair in the doctor’s office.....
Read More Thursday, August 14, 2014
Culture Shock
Being Indian and having been to India multiple times to visit relatives, I didn't expect there to be much that I would see that would really shock me in terms of the way Indians....
Read More Monday, August 11, 2014
All it takes is 10 minutes - Surgery the Sevagram style
Aug 9th-11th, 2014:
Expecting to only take a tour around the institution on our first day, Kimber and I were quite spontaneously shuffled into the women changing room to get....
Read More Sunday, August 10, 2014
Soccer in Sevagram
Today was a great day. It started like most days I have had
in the past two months: wake up, eat food, talk to people, learn about healthcare,
and reflect on the day’s experiences.....
Read More Saturday, August 9, 2014
Tour of MGIMS
We spotted some Laerdal posters!
August 9th: After getting a full night's sleep to recover from jetlag, we got up nice and early to begin our tour of the facilities....
Read More Friday, August 8, 2014
First Taste of India
Aug 8th, 2014:
After more than 24 hours of traveling, we (and our luggage) landed at the Nagpur Airport at 8:30AM. We reunited with Cyndi from Jhpiego and got on the rides that....
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