Wow... what a day. I don't even know where to begin. I had orientation pretty much all day. I meet several physicians, nurses, trustees and staff. The campus is amazing. My apartment is across the hospital. I sat in with a physician for 30min and saw two people with TB, one malaria patient and a child who I think was autistic. It's so interesting to see the population that comes to the hospital. I mean these are tribal village people with no means of transport, probably walked here since most of them are barefoot. I also sat in with the Ob/gyn as well. He saw like 15 women in 30 min... amazing. Later in the evening we went to town to see a guest lecture from Dr. Kapadia. He discussed yoga and meditation post MI (heart attack). His views were very interesting. Basically east meets west philosophy. I got back around 9pm and ate at the cafeteria. I might soon be getting sick of Gujarati food.
The prayers from the my neighbors (the mosque) today were at 5pm instead of 4:30pm. I'm sure Allah heard it.. but so did Vishnu, Ganesh, Jesus Christ, Buddha and several others.
Today I will be out in the field (villages) with the director of the Community Health Project. Basically following soon to be mothers, babies that were just born. Should be very interesting.
All is well.... Trying to keep up with the elections looks like Obama has the lead.
Margee
Dear Family and Friends, Over the next couple of weeks I will be updating and sharing with you all my adventures in India. As many of you know it's been a dream of mine to go back to India and do some grassroots/volunteer work. Through the support of my family, friends and colleagues it's happening! Disclaimer: Please excuse any grammatical errors or mispellings. My english elective in college was medical writing..enough said.
India/Gujarat
That's where I'll be...
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