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Chad Chatter: Good things (part II)
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Monthly news from Mark and Andrea working in N'Djamena Chad at the Guinebor II hospital. Friday, 26 June 2015. Good things (part II). We wrote earlier about our concerns for the medical cover at the hospital during our time in the UK this summer. For a moment it looked like we might have to close for inpatient patient services which would have been very sad for the people round here. He came that morning and Andrea showed him round, and as she spoke to him she could hardly believing what was happening.
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Chad Chatter: September 2014
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Monthly news from Mark and Andrea working in N'Djamena Chad at the Guinebor II hospital. Wednesday, 17 September 2014. England , 4 o'clock in the afternoon and traditionally it's a moment to stop and relax . In the. 1980's, as a medical student, I was introduced to a. Mrs Brown' who was said to require attention, and so out patients stopped for 10 minutes and a cup of tea was shared. At the same time Test Cricket shows its quintessentially English origins,. Take a tea break. Over the course of our visits...
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Chad Chatter: June 2015
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Monthly news from Mark and Andrea working in N'Djamena Chad at the Guinebor II hospital. Friday, 26 June 2015. Good things (part II). We wrote earlier about our concerns for the medical cover at the hospital during our time in the UK this summer. For a moment it looked like we might have to close for inpatient patient services which would have been very sad for the people round here. He came that morning and Andrea showed him round, and as she spoke to him she could hardly believing what was happening.
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Chad Chatter: November 2013
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Monthly news from Mark and Andrea working in N'Djamena Chad at the Guinebor II hospital. Thursday, 28 November 2013. In the name of love'. Years ago the hospital received a gift from the Ministry of Health, an ambulance. As you can see it is suitable for the road but finds mud and water. When it arrived it already had our name painted on the side, Hopital Americano, Amsinene. We have branded the hospital in many ways, all the paperwork for patients notes and. Prescriptions carry the logo, as do the guard...
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Chad Chatter: June 2014
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Monthly news from Mark and Andrea working in N'Djamena Chad at the Guinebor II hospital. Tuesday, 24 June 2014. Turning it up to 11. A scale of 1-10 on the volume control for either a home sound system or for that matter the amplifier for an electric guitar would be normal, from 1 the quietest to full volume at 10. So what would happen if the scale was changed from 1-11? Its' simple according to Nigel the guitarist in. Spinal Tap "It's one louder". Explained to a journalist. Amps) go to eleven. At the ho...
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Chad Chatter: January 2014
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Monthly news from Mark and Andrea working in N'Djamena Chad at the Guinebor II hospital. Saturday, 18 January 2014. So what makes a Chadian Christmas different? Well of course to start with we think its cooler but actually its rather like a summers day in England around 17 at night and 30 in the day. Well there's the tree Sunday the 16th had us scouring the compound for a suitable branch to paint gold and silver and. Christmas eve shopping almost felt similar to England. Motorbikes were weaving in and out.
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Chad Chatter: Awaken
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Monthly news from Mark and Andrea working in N'Djamena Chad at the Guinebor II hospital. Sunday, 29 March 2015. He also needed very high doses of injectable steroids for brain swelling. After a couple of days he was breathing better, but was still unconscious, and a feeding tube was put in so that he could have milk and sugar. Why do we not have our own TB service? Mark and Andrea Hotchkin. Sunday, March 29, 2015. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). More sources of information. Blog Ruth and Rebecca).
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Chad Chatter: A serious business
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Monthly news from Mark and Andrea working in N'Djamena Chad at the Guinebor II hospital. Wednesday, 24 June 2015. Already running late we called Dogo, our driver who came in the ambulance, loaded the 2 tyres in the back along with the midwives, and happily within 20 minutes we set off. Dogo was glad to be able to come too. On the way we dropped the tyres off for repair, and then set off to find the house. No road names, no numbers just try to find where you went last time and look for signs of a party.
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Chad Chatter: GII. What does it mean?
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Monthly news from Mark and Andrea working in N'Djamena Chad at the Guinebor II hospital. Saturday, 2 May 2015. GII What does it mean? GII, What does it mean? To all of you who said Guinebor II, congratulations but that is not the right answer. It might have been, perhaps should have been, but I have decided that everyone who answered GII, Guinebor II, will get no points and everyone who said GII, Gender inequality index. Position again showing we still have room for improvement. She is the on-site engine...