BEGINNING ENDOSCOPY IN LILONGWE

This week was another milestone.  We inaugurated our endoscopy equipment with the first colonoscopy performed at Adventist Health Centre.  All went well, The equipment functioned well, with good resolution.  We still have a few things to work out in terms of protocols, but we are functional as an endoscopy center.
 

Our medical director, Dr. Chibaka, checking out our endoscopy setup.

This week at the surgery morbidity and mortality conference I learned of a head injury patient that looks like he may need a tracheostomy.  However there are no tracheostomy tubes available at that hospital (the largest hospital in the city).  Fortunately, we have received a box of them in the shipment that came with our household goods.  So we are able to share with them.  The other unfortunate situation there is that their CT scanner is broken down and the technicians who do the repair are employed by a competing organization, so there is a conflict of interest.  Very sad for a country that needs all the help it can get.

Some people have asked for pictures of our house, so here it is.  A fairly nice place to live.  Parked in front is our little Toyota Raum, which gets us around a bit.