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August 12, 2009
I could no longer sleep so I’m up a little early. Yesterday was a busy day at Wellness and the Jubilee ward rounds. Read the rest of this entry »
July 24, 2009
I got to Hammanskraal this morning and gave the lecture on Pertinent Facts to Know about HART in 2009. Read the rest of this entry »
July 20, 2009
This morning started off briskly with approximately 120 seen before lunch at 1:30 pm. There were numerous cases of tuberculosis complicating HIV disease. Read the rest of this entry »
July 14, 2009
A correction on the census for yesterday: we so closer to 175 patients in Wellness Clinic. I slept in this morning because I felt unwell yesterday, very light-headed and Dr. Stoltz instructed me to sleep in this morning, so I did. I got up at 8:30 am! It certainly felt good to do so. Read the rest of this entry »
July 13, 2009
The second week has begun. Today was an eventful day. I arrived at the Jubilee Wellness clinic and began seeing patients with Dr. Tom Rambau. Dr. Vusimuzi Baloy did not show because he was in an auto accident over the weekend but not seriously hurt. Read the rest of this entry »
My first week has been splendid! Drs. Anton and Tania Stoltz are wonderful hosts. Read the rest of this entry »
Dr. Kauffman headed out to South Africa mentoring local physicians on how to diagnose and treat HIV/Aids. Along with two local South African physicians, they arrived at the Jubilee Hospital to face approximately 170 patients with this dreadful disease. Read the rest of this entry »
Along with 17 other Saint Markers, we left Atlanta on board a Delta flight and had a rather bumpy ride to Honduras. We arrived at the San Pedro Sula International Airport in good shape and after clearing customs and immigration, we piled into two vans with our luggage heaped onto a pickup truck for the three hour ride to La Ceiba. Read the rest of this entry »
The medical mission trip to the small village of El Pino, Honduras and the Belizean jungle village of Dolores is now a fond memory. Along with twenty five other members of the Saint Mark United Methodist Church, I left for Honduras on July 07, 2007. We consisted of a medical team with two physicians, a nurse and a pharmacist, a dental team with a portable dental chair, two construction teams and an educational team. Read the rest of this entry »
It takes only 6 months of clinical mentoring and $24,000 in cash funding to give 50 local healthcare workers in a developing country the competence and confidence to understand the ins and outs of HIV/AIDS and comfortably treat AIDS patients in a clinically justified manner. Click here for more info.
