Technically, we're supposed to be having psychiatry the first two weeks. And I find psychiatry quite interesting too, but on the other hand, we've already had psychiatry back at home. While it's a fun experience to see how things are done differently here, my view is that I'd love to experience some of the other fields that are available here as well. So what do I do? I roam.
Surgical, getting to assist in suturing up boda boda-related injuries. Getting to see massive fractures following random assaults. Getting to see the resilience of some people, how they grit their teeth and just endure the pain when we no longer have any anesthetic to give them.
Medical, seeing the different spectrum of diseases here. Seeing how conditions are detected by clinical investigations rather than by the use of multimillion-dollar 5 Tesla MRI machines. Seeing how much one can manage to communicate even without speaking the same language.
Infectious diseases, cardiology, pulmonology, endocrinology. The list is endless. And don't get me started on the tourism side of the country. I don't even want to think of how many weekends we'd need to have here to get the full Ugandan experience.
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