by Kimberly Shriner, MD | Feb 22, 2018 | 2018 Field Journal
One morning we found this little baby underneath one of our Land Cruisers on our way to the hospital in Tanzania. She didn’t flinch or run when we swooped her up. I suspect she was very hungry and had gotten separated from her family. With the help of many,...
by Kimberly Shriner, MD | Feb 18, 2018 | 2018 Field Journal
I’ve been working with our crakerjack Pharmacist, Lisa Kim and I bow to her. She is the Woman! She keeps her cool with a room full of doctors and nurses asking for various antibiotics, ointments, Tylenol (lots of Tylenol), and various other esoteric drugs, at...
by Kimberly Shriner, MD | Feb 15, 2018 | 2018 Field Journal
Being an internal medicine doctor, I’ve been on many humanitarian missions. I’ve driven into Mexico, sailed into Indonesia and flown into Tanzania. Once again, I thought I’d seen it all. What made this trip so special was that we were lucky enough to have a complete...
by Kimberly Shriner, MD | Feb 14, 2018 | 2018 Field Journal
Today, I had the oppurtunity to do home visits. Our team comprised of a local case manager, our own social worker, nurse, physician, german medical student and translator. We all climbed into a Land Cruiser and journeyed off into what seemed like the opening sequence...
by Kimberly Shriner, MD | Feb 14, 2018 | 2018 Field Journal
Home visits Here’s what a typical home visit looks like: social worker, psychologist, nurse, doctor, and translator form the core visiting group. Other members of our group-artists,teachers, tech folks-often help out too. Currently we’ve been seeing people in Endulen,...
by Kimberly Shriner, MD | Feb 14, 2018 | 2018 Field Journal
A middle-Aged man sits in a mud hut alone. He’s had HIV for 10 years. Appearing severely malnourished and sallow, he hasn’t had anything to eat for several days. The home visit team including social worker, doctor, nurse, and support staff approach his dwelling....
by Kimberly Shriner, MD | Feb 14, 2018 | 2018 Field Journal
I came to Tanzania with the understanding that I would be running the recovery room for patients coming out of anesthesia. Once I arrived, I realized it was not so much a recovery room as a recovery hallway, but with the help of my fellow OR nurses and the...
by Kimberly Shriner, MD | Feb 13, 2018 | 2018 Field Journal
We are on the move! We left Arusha, St. Elizabeth Hospital and Kisongo Clinic and made the long trek to the Ngorongoro Crater area and Endulen Hospital. We were told by Dr. Shriner that this clinic would be different. The patients would predominantly be members of the...
by Kimberly Shriner, MD | Feb 12, 2018 | 2018 Field Journal
Today our journey took us through a very picturesque scenery, very green and lush, from Rhino Lodge overlooking the Ngorongoro Crater, to the small village of Endulen, home of long time PSCTP driver/team member, Lesikar Naalais. Along the way we encountered many young...
by Jody Casserly, LCSW | Feb 11, 2018 | Kisongo Clinic
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