Tuesday, July 10, 2012

The Operating Theater

It is Tuesday.  Yesterday we were locked down for the one year anniversary of the Independence of South Sudan.  That means that things were pretty closed down, except for emergencies.  This morning we did four cases in the Operating Theater (OT).  The theater is in an inflatable tent.  But it is actually pretty functional.  I have a great anesthesia provider from Kenya, and the operating room nurses are local Dinka guys.  They also translate for us.
The Independence Celebration went off without too much of a hitch.  We did not have any attacks that I know of, although there had been concern that violence could arise.  The youngest country in the world just turned ONE.  They have a long way to go.  But they are going.  We need to wait and watch.

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