For a country which is supposed to be in the height of the rainy season, I am not sure what the fuss is about. Since I have arrived, it has rained for a few hours at most. It tends to rain around 2 or 3 pm for an hour, and maybe once again at night. It hasn't rained in two days however!
I am now unpacked and settled in at the Mulago Guest House. It is prettier than I imagined. Manicured grounds on a slope littered with a half dozen one and two-story guest houses. My guest house enters into a dining and sitting room, equipped tv and stereo, and has maybe 10 rooms. My room is well sized with an ensuite bathroom and even enough room for me to start practicing some yoga! Yay!
Today I will join a resident for the afternoon and evening to see how admissions and surgeries work when on call. Tomorrow evening, Jackson, a biologist at Makerere University whom I met through a McGill professor (Lauren) who studies fish in Uganda, is taking me to the Ndere Cultural Center for their weekly Sunday events. I really look forward to that! Monday marks the beginning of my interviews with surgeons and orthopaedic sales reps. I am hoping to complete my Kampala interviews within a week. This coming Saturday or Sunday, I think I am off to Fort Portal in the west to continue my interviews. There are both mission and government hospitals there. Lauren's colleagues, Dennis and Jackson, have both offered to drive me there so it has worked out well. I may even be able to get a ride back! Jackson is also from the north, a town called Arua, where he has friends who are doctors. He is hoping to set me up with them as well. For my trip south to Masaka and Mbarara, I have yet to find contacts...
Hope all is well at home and should you ever get bored, you can always email or skype me! I am mostly alone in the guest house until Thursday when the group of ortho surgeons from UBC arrive!
Maryse
Bonjour Maryse, c'est très agréable de pouvoir suivre tes déplacements. J'adore cela. À très bientôt
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