New and Old Mulago
Tomorrow is my first day at the hospital – we went for a tour today and it is completely indescribable as almost everything here is. It is divided into Old Mulago and New Mulago. Old is a web of dozens …
Africa is a long trip
Thirty-six hours of travel and I’m finally in Kampala, Uganda. I’m rotating at Mulago Hospital through Makerere University College of Health Sciences for the next four weeks. There are 3 other DMU students here this month and medical students and …
Heading home
Today we got all packed up and headed out to Valle for the morning. This adorable little town allowed us to buy some souvenirs and have some local snacks. Around noon we headed back to the airport in Tegucigalpa. After …
Last day of brigading
Today we head out to our last day of brigading. I want to take a minute to first thank our health care professionals and doctors. Without them this trip would not have been possible. Below is the amazing group that …
Brigade day #4
Today we moved to the next community of Naranjal. The bus ride in the morning was a little bit shorter and we arrived at the new community bright and early to get started. The set up worked the same way …
Back to Cofridia Metro
We returned to the same community today and once again there was a line of patients waiting for our arrival. After 251 patients seen in less than eight hours on Tuesday, we worked another seven hours today to get through …
First day of brigading
Wednesday in Honduras was the first day of medical brigading. We had a 5:30 a.m. wake up call, breakfast and then a three hour bus ride before arriving to the first community of Cofridia Metro. With people already lined up …
Day 2 in Honduras
Everyone crashed pretty hard last night after a long trip, but we were bright eyed this morning ready to get our first real day underway. After a wonderful breakfast and some amazing coffee we started counting, sorting and packing medications …
And we’re off
After months of planning the day has finally come to take off on the trip of a lifetime. We boarded the bus at DMU on Saturday afternoon for a ride to Chicago’s O’Hare International airport. The six hour trek included …