After we had loaded the lady with obstructed labour into the ambulance and sent her off to the National Referral Hospital (known as number nine after the American base of the same name situated there during the war) I realised she had left her umbrella behind.
So today I went to number nine to give it back and see how the delivery went. Number nine was probably built soon after the war and despite valiant efforts looks like it hasn't progressed much since then. Our anaesthatist works there one day a week as a donation of labour and says that clinically they are top notch. They do not have much modern equipment and lack a lot of the more fancy drugs but they perform major surgery and care for a huge number of patients.
The whole hospital is single story so it sprawls over a large area on the waterfront. I entered with some trepidation and after asking the way half a dozen times found he post natal ward where I was greeted very warmly. The mother's aunt - who was probably 15, quite abit younger than the mother - ran over and proudly led me through the ward of a
bout 20 women to her niece and new baby. Both were doing very well and it took some insistance to stop the mum from getting up to shake my hand (it was under 24 hours since her caesarian section). With her permission I took a photo of the two.
bout 20 women to her niece and new baby. Both were doing very well and it took some insistance to stop the mum from getting up to shake my hand (it was under 24 hours since her caesarian section). With her permission I took a photo of the two.
2 comments:
That AME will probably go down as one of the proud moments of your career, and ditto for your parents. A very special feeling to know that you've been part of a life-saving and life-giving operation. While the long grass helped with the landing, it probably did nothing for the take-off, where some extra horsepower was no doubt necessary. DLN
is it just the photo or is the baby HUGE and incredibly long??
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