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X-ray Truck Update
Here she is - our X-ray truck. The generator is housed inside the truck for transportation and slides out super easily on a track into the running position.Inside, there's space for the patient to...
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View Larger MapToday, we scheduled a morning trip out to Mosoriot, to test the network transfer of our x-ray images. AMPATH has installed a wireless, wide-area-network that allows them to communicate...
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A New Adventure
Last year, when I got invited to dinner by a friend here in Eldoret, I noticed that he had a couple of mountain bikes, and I was really hoping to go for a ride during this trip.Luckily we were able to...
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A Bit Tougher
I had a really beautiful start to my day. I went running with Adrian, another one of the guys here at IU house. Running with the sunrise and the mist and the cool temps was just amazing. Better than...
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Registrars
I've been so busy with the truck that I haven't had much time to interact with the registrars. I finally got some time to spend reading cases with them yesterday. Again the case mix is heavy on...
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Back to Basics
One of the things that I enjoy doing the most is teaching residents about doppler ultrasound with a hands-on lab, where I'm a patient. It was developed over time with my good friend and colleague...
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Weekend Update
Friday I spent more time working with the registrars - we went over some teaching cases together for about two hours, then I went to work on the X-ray truck. We are completing several finishing...
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2013 Kenyan Case of the Week
Post your answer in the comments. Give the findings and your best shot at diagnosis.The radiographers do all of the fluoroscopic exams here - these are the only pictures we had to make a diagnosis...
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New Treats
I got to try some new Kenyan food the other day. It was actually pretty tasty! I still stay away from ugali, but I'm a new fan of matoke - a kind of stewed plantain (pictured above) and githeri,...
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Fale with a capital F
For those of you reading along at home, you'll know that we've been pushing to get the X-ray truck operational before the end of my visit. We were making pretty good progress, putting the finishing...
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Humpty Dumpty
Today we had another bit of drama with the truck. You can see a laptop affixed to a desk behind Clem, and then up above is our digital X-ray reader (worth about $25k). During the three weeks that we...
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With a Little Help From My Friends
When I asked the registrars what they would like to learn about they said: MRI physics. In my head, I said "crap". MRI physics is a subject that I've learned in the past several times over, and it's...
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How Do You Eat An Elephant?
One of the things that's hard about traveling and working in Kenya is setting reasonable goals and expectations. If you've been reading the blog you'll know that many things are very unpredictable....
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Visit to the Ducati Museum and Factory
As the museum is small, it focuses only on racing bikes and doesn’t include street machines. You can read between the lines and understand how important racing is in Ducati heritage--it’s...
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Riding in Rimini
Diane and I rode 6 days straight, Lisa rode 5 days with a single day off in the middle. By far the most that any of us had ridden over a short period of time, and it was fantastic.The rides would take...
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Ferretti Beach Hotel
We flew from Indy to JFK, which we voted US's most 3rd world airport. Seriously, it's embarrassing when you have to walk outside to catch an international flight, WTH NYC? Then we went from JFK to...
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Afternoons in Italy - Rimini and San Marino
In the afternoons, we ventured out into and around Rimini, as well as visting the nearby republic of San Marino, and a 2 hour drive to see the Ducati factory and museum, a visit to San Marino (the...
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Rimini Afternoons - Faenza
"Faience Plate Garofano". Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons.Diane, before we left made a tiny little post-it with side trips. One of them was the town of Faenza, which is known for...
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ChangeNairobi has a Porsche dealership close to Ole SereniThe new international terminal at JKIA is built and it looks beautiful - lots of glass, open architecture.Not So MuchPassport/VISA line is...
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The Little Generator That Could
I spent most of the first week working on the X-ray Truck. I'm happy to announce that Patrick has the biggest engineering challenges related to generator.The power issues and X-ray machine errors...
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Roller Coaster Ride
It's been an exciting week on the x-ray truck. Last Friday we felt that we had sorted out all of the engineering issues and the truck was ready for general use. On Monday we moved the truck to AMPATH...
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Kenya Mobile X-ray Unknown Case
Our mobile X-ray truck continues to work well, which is incredibly exciting. Today, our first patient had a really good, interesting X-ray. 37 yo with history of Tb that was treated. She...
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2014 Kenya Recap
Coming to the end of another 4 week rotation in Kenya, as I reflect on what has been accomplished I'm quite pleased.Our x-ray truck is finally operational and has visited several rural sites taking...
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Kenya Consult
From time to time I get e-mails with iphone pictures of imaging studies to give second opinions on.This one was particularly interesting so I thought I'd share. 45 yo man with 4 months of progressive...
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Aziza
Aziza is a Moroccan restaurant known for cocktails, sous vide skills, and a Michelin star. The decor was a beautiful deep red, with a lux blue surrounding the bar. We all loved the bar light fixture,...
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