We arrive in tana just over a week ago. We are staying in a big house that is a 5 minute walk from the military hospital which is quite convenient. There are 30 other french qnd english medical students living in the house. We are currently in a room for 10 people which is noisy to say the least. The bathroom facilities are also a little stretched with us sharing 3 showers and 2 toilets, but at least its a step up the ladder from our accomodation in tamatave.
During the 1st week, jen and i worked in internal medicine while em did A&E. Alot more of the medicine is in french here which is really very hard work for me but both Jen and Em seem to be picking things up very quickly given their better linguistic skills! The hospital is very different to that in tamatave as it is not a public hospital and everyone has to pay for their treatment. Despite the increased level of medical interventions available things are still very basic compared with western standards.
This week all 3 of us are working in a&e. This is going to involve me taking a history from someone in french as well as work out what treatment to given with very limited intervention from any of the doctors here. Just a little daunting. At least my 24 hour shift is tomorrow night so i can get it over and done with at the beginning of the week.
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