Ghana

Ghana is amazing! the people are very kind, fun loving, and interesting.

Being here for Unite for sight was great. Im going to have to post more specifics later, but they will come. We saw hundreds and hundreds of patients this week, at outreach camps set up in villages. many patients were referred to the crystal eye clinic in accra for surgery, and we got to observe dozens of surgeries this week, for cataracts and pterygium. they dont have phaco here, so the surgeries are all small incision cataract surgeries (but still use no sutures). Its interesting to compare the surgical techniques and practices of the different sites ive seen, everything from the number of assistants, to the sterility and such, and the operating style, techniques and system.

We went to the canopy walk (a suspended bridge system above a national park (rain forest like) and to a former castle where slaves were held in cape coast. that was pretty interesting.

We also got to see and experience alot of ghana on outreaches. some where as many as 3 hours away and most where above 2 hours driving time each way. pretty amazing to hear so many languages and see a little peice. in culture from village to village.

Anyway, I'm going to morroco tonight until the 16, then i have a day layover in london until i return to the us on the 17.