Well, we saw a lot of patients today. The ward has approx 30 patients. The largest number of admissions are for Malaria in all of its forms followed by pneumonia, sepsis and meningitis. The meningitis diagnoses are all presumed at present because they haven’t been able to perform spinal taps on any of the children as they have no way of doing any cultures. Even getting a cell count is difficult. That will hopefully change in the next week or so as we will be getting a microscope and I brought a couple of counting chambers to do cell counts. Most of the patients are treated presumptively for the main possible diagnoses. We also see patients in the outpatient clinic and the ER who are sicker and look like they may need admission later in the day.
More from Liberia in the coming days…
We look forward to following your blog. Prayers are with you; what a neat experience!
So where in Liberia are you? What are your living arrangements like?
Hey,
Glad you’re well. Make sure you take some pics.
Hi Brad,
How are you loving it so far? I know coming from upstate NY to Liberia must be a huge temperature difference for you. How are you coping? I hope well.
Emmanuel