GHANA - DAY 4

Second shift at the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital, fabric selection for tailor and washing!

Another humbling shift at the hospital. We arrived this morning to find that the 5 year old with meningitis secondary to malaria had died. Primarily due to a delay in antibiotics 😞

We felt short staffed this morning, confirmed by the fact that Sister Irene was working and when I asked why she wasn't in scrubs she replied that she was actually off duty, but had stayed to help out ❤️

Today's cases included a bradycardia patient with a heart rate of 28, another patient with suspected DKA, secondary to an infection and a 1 year old with severe bronchiolitis.

On a lighter note I took a candid picture of the one of the nurses doing some paperwork and when the others saw it they all wanted one of themselves, so there was a little photo shoot 🤣🤣🤣

Today was also an exciting day because we went to buy fabric to take to a tailor in Takoradi to make us outfits! Having (badly) described what I want, I'm looking forward to seeing the finished products! 🤣

Today felt like a lighter day, slowly finding my feet and figuring out how I fit in and feel useful. I'm acclimatising to the weather making the heat less tiring, so it's a better day again. With all this in mind I decided to celebrate by doing some washing this evening, before chilling and heading to bed!

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