by Doug Kerr | Aug 27, 2021 | General
August 26 I started the day with our annual meeting at Kikuyu Orthopedic Rehabilitation Centre. As usual the talk was of helping the patients and equipment. We are equipping a laboratory on site. Here to for, the patients had to up a hill to the main hospital which...
by Doug Kerr | Aug 25, 2021 | General
August 25 I started the day in a conference with the interns and residents on the surgical service. The discussion was about the ethics of caring for the patient and families as a patient approached death and when the patient died. It was a good discussion that...
by Doug Kerr | Aug 24, 2021 | General
August 24 We had a good meeting with Oliver, the director, of the Disability Community Center. We talked about the challenges brought on by the pandemic. In an effort to cut down on the number of people coming to the center they increased their outreach clinics from 4...
by Doug Kerr | Aug 23, 2021 | General
August 23 I assisted in the operating room today on one of the most complex hand cases I have ever seen. A five year old boy had lost the use of his ulnar nerve due to a forearm fracture. Dr. Kinyua did a great job. It involved moving 3 tendons to replace the lost...
by Doug Kerr | Aug 23, 2021 | General
August 22 A few thoughts from today. Covid is very much present. People are definitely wearing a mask indoor and a significant number wear it outside also. Only about 5% are vaccinated. People are anxious to receive the vaccine but access to it is limited. There is a...
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