Author Archives: Zoe

Part 8: Last week As this is our last week in Ghana we did some more travelling and relaxing. We spent our penultimate weekend in Accra, where we went to the Arts Centre and some different restaurants. The Arts Centre … Continue reading →

Part 7: Week 5-7 We wanted to try some community health this week and had been placed at the Health Centre down the road. This is a primary care centre so similar to GP. We spent some time in the … Continue reading →

Part 6: Week 4 We went to the male ward this week. This ward seemed to have much sicker patients than we’d seen previously. Example diagnoses were hernias due/post operation, heart failure, chronic liver failure, tuberculosis, meningitis and sepsis. We … Continue reading →

Part 5: 3rd week This week (Monday-Thursday) Chloe and I spent most of our time in the female ward as, although we wanted to be back in paediatrics it was encouraged we went there instead. The female ward has bays … Continue reading →

Part 4 – 2nd week of placement Monday: Chloe and I decided to go to the paeds ward today. The day felt hotter than last week and the paeds ward was even hotter. It has some ceiling fans but they … Continue reading →

Part 3: 2nd weekend Friday: We woke up early to travel to Accra for a community outreach event. We had packed everything we would need into a rucksack each and took the trotro for the first time. It was cramped … Continue reading →

Part 2: 1st week of placement Started the day with some nutella-like spread on some bread – it was very nutty. Then ready for the day we were picked up by our administrator in a taxi to go to the … Continue reading →