Rounds with Dr. Germa and July 4
I haven't been doing too much work in the dressing room in the last 3 days because of the sudden presence of ~5 british/french/european volunteers. They have kind of taken over the dressing room (we won't discuss the new level of patient care) and so the last two days have been an interesting departure from the routine. Yesterday, Jake, Zev, Mekais (an Ethiopian starting his 2nd year @ Harvard Med), and I followed Dr. Germa on his rounds through the mission. His cases aren't as complicated as Rick's but he sees the more severe cases of some of the more unique diseases. A short list of the things we saw yesterday: ~Parkinson's ~Leprosy - as with everything else here, a text book example. ~An Abdominal Cyst that dominated the lower half of her abdominal cavity - It was so large such that looked pregnant, but b/c it was so large they were unable to find where it originated from in the ultrasound, maybe the ovaries ~Scabies ~A Leopold exam on a lady who was 30+ weeks pr...