Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Now we are in Cairo


For the second week of the mission we moved to Ain Shams University Hospital in Cairo. Our first day was spent screening patients: out of the many children who presented, we had to decide who would benefit from surgery now vs. later, and who was healthy enough for surgery now. It's a complicated process and made for a long, but interesting, day. Here's a photo of Carole Hart, the team pediatrician, discussing a plan with house staff, patient and parents.


This plaque used to say that the clinic was a gift from Suzanne Mubarak.

We finished clinic fairly early, time for a quick trip to the pyramids. We were too late to go out on the desert and get close to them, but I had a nice Turkish coffee and took a picture.

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