Travelling's been much easier since we moved into our little office at the Public Health Labs, as they're half way between Kerr Serigne and Banjul. Banjul and all roads leading to it have been very busy recently due to the July 22nd celebrations – the 15th anniversary of when the current Gambian president came into power.
We spent Wednesday celebrating in Banjul, where we visited family compounds and watched the parade. Dr. Levine, the U.S. doctor, has taught us a great deal about the Gambia – he has invited all of us to his adopted village next weekend. We really can’t wait.
We’ve organised to spend time at A&E, O&G, and on the internal medicine wards at RVTH – with the help of a Gambian medical student, Momodou Tekanyi. We've met Dr. Ousman Lee (an F1 with an interest in pathology) who will teach us on his ward rounds next week. The Cuban doctors have been supportive and the departmental matron of A&E (Lamin Jai) has been a great help too. Momodou Lamin Jammeh ("Dux") from histopathology has been particularly good to us and is very enthusiastic. He was impressed with our learning package examples and is looking forward to Dr. Raz Ali’s arrival as he has a few cases he'd like to discuss with him. Dr. Ali is a UK pathologist travelling with us as part of the pathology programme team – he arrives a week today with our audit team: Ceri, Cathy, and Wendy. We’re really looking forward to seeing them – they might bring us more insect repellent...
Nia and Keith
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