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sea shells and the universe, among other things: November 2013
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Sea shells and the universe, among other things. Wednesday, November 27, 2013. Ethics, emotions, money and mortality. I am going to try and get the hospital agree that patients and their families don’t have to pay for the cost of care given during life threatening situations. While this might help for the acute situation the reality is that many many people are going without treatment for their medical issues because they cannot afford it. Saturday, November 16, 2013. Wednesday, November 13, 2013. Sittin...
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sea shells and the universe, among other things: October 2009
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Sea shells and the universe, among other things. Monday, October 5, 2009. Later it is sharing food and giggling trying to do headstands on the train, It is chalk and spraypaint and running, it is epic bike rides and rooftop conversations. And occasionally it is bleeding lips and faces smeared with sadness, arms like thin jumpers wrapped round each other to try and contain a whale of ache. It is jittering limbs and attempts to distract. Hung up on ok. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Hung up on ok.
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sea shells and the universe, among other things: October 2013
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Sea shells and the universe, among other things. Wednesday, October 30, 2013. So after the floods in Cambodia some of the doctors who knew people in certain communities around Battambang decided it would be good to do clinics with people who had been displaced from their homes by floodwater. The first of these clinics was in a wat near Phnom Sampov. I was with the nurses taking vital signs all day, there was a constant stream of people (I think we saw almost 200 that day! At lunch I saw a big hole in the...
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sea shells and the universe, among other things: August 2014
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Sea shells and the universe, among other things. Tuesday, August 5, 2014. When I left Battambang it was sweltering, the unbroken cycle of sweltering days and muggy hot nights, a times, took the last of our patience and left us irritable , bored and unsatisfied. Towards the end of the hot season I headed back to Australian winter for a month, for the most part savouring hot showers, great food, company of family and friends, and beanies, scarves boots and jumpers. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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sea shells and the universe, among other things: July 2013
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Sea shells and the universe, among other things. Wednesday, July 24, 2013. So time seems to have flown a bit since I started here and I haven’t had much time to email or post (sorry mum! But I will try and catch up a bit now…. I decided to just be positive and do my best, I know many people who could do this job much better than me, but I am here and I am of no expense to the hospital, so I will just do my best! I have decided to just be positive and try things and believe in myself, I have had a lot of ...
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sea shells and the universe, among other things: August 2013
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Sea shells and the universe, among other things. Friday, August 23, 2013. So my lovely friend Nat had been generously letting me stay in her apartment with her, and then she moved out and so I am now living in the apartment! I unpacked all my stuff (in about ten minutes) and put up my new fairly lights (which subsequently broke) and made myself at home. One of my favourite things is the acoustics in this room are great so I sing a bit. Tuesday, August 20, 2013. Working on my thong tan. 8217; and I notice...
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sea shells and the universe, among other things: Books I read in 2013.
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Sea shells and the universe, among other things. Wednesday, January 8, 2014. Books I read in 2013. Life of Pi – Yann Martel(read it and then watched the movie). The Heaven Shop – Deborah Ellis (found it and read it at crowdy). Flight Behaviour – Barbara Kingsolver (loved this one, recommended it around). The forgotten garden – Kate Morten. Memoirs of an imaginary friend – Mathew Green (Tinks’s book, Love the concept). The heather blazing – Colm Tobin (Christmas present from Keda). First do no harm -?
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sea shells and the universe, among other things: March 2014
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Sea shells and the universe, among other things. Sunday, March 30, 2014. Now, after about 7 months in Battambang of excitement, exploring settling in, learning and questioning I find the same uneasiness occupying my thoughts more and more. The rudimentary awareness of white privelidge and institutionalised racism that I have has lead me to read more and try to learn more to try and help me figure out how I feel about my place and my influence here and the way I work. The fact that I am given autonomy res...
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sea shells and the universe, among other things: Realism and Despair
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Sea shells and the universe, among other things. Sunday, March 30, 2014. Now, after about 7 months in Battambang of excitement, exploring settling in, learning and questioning I find the same uneasiness occupying my thoughts more and more. The rudimentary awareness of white privelidge and institutionalised racism that I have has lead me to read more and try to learn more to try and help me figure out how I feel about my place and my influence here and the way I work. The fact that I am given autonomy res...
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sea shells and the universe, among other things: Life isn't fair, especially not here.
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Sea shells and the universe, among other things. Tuesday, December 31, 2013. Life isn't fair, especially not here. Today it feels like Cambodia stuck its little claws in and said, 'So you think you've got this sorted! I went in to see a patient that Noni was worried about, young and only 10 weeks post partum, she had come in from another hospital where she had had 15 units of blood (Hb 5) and TB treatment, when she arrived she was GCS 6/15 and in shock, lungs full of fluid saturating 50% on 15L. Life isn...
