Monday, October 31, 2011

October 2011

We returned to MCM several weeks ago after 6 weeks in the U.S. It turned out to be a protracted stay as I went for a check-up on my contact lens and ended up with cataract surgery on both eyes. Everybody looks so much older now! It was good to visit with our children and friends.

MCM continues to move ahead. The medical school building complex is progressing nicely, and the church is to be dedicated November 25th. I have been given the task of reorganizing completely the orthopaedic department. We welcome Dr. Wendefero, who has just completed a fellowship in Pediatric Orthopaedics at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and is now part of our orthopaedic family at MCM. We have some exciting plans, which I will post as they develop.

Marta Gabre Tsadick brought us a young lad she found with a tumor of his foot. We have since operated and found osteomyelitis. Marta was the first female senator in Ethiopia. She previously held many positions in the government, and she and her husband fled to the United States during the Derg (the Communist military junta that ruled Ethiopia from 1974 to 1987). They had a successful business and lived many years in Indiana and have returned to Ethiopia to help the people with many humanitarian projects.

Marcin Wasowicz from Toronto General Hospital came by for a visit. He spent some time with us last year and worked at Black Lion on a project this year. He and his family are living in Toronto, but are citizens of Poland on loan to Canada. Ken Merriman is visiting with us now. Ken is an Orthopaedic Surgeon from Michigan interested in the medical work in East Africa and is very much appreciated consulting in our hospital.

-- Don

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