Raissa and I started our 1st day of work as doctors at Katatura State Hospital today. We were definately a nice mix of excited and nervous for starting. It is a large hospital (pics to come) and pediatrics is on the top floor, 8th. Dr. Brown is the only full time consultant (like attending pediatrician/specialist) in the WHOLE country! That is just amazing to consider. We arrived around 8am, and joined a conference of brand new interns. Internship in Namibia is 2 years, with only 4 months total of pediatrics! that is all the training they receive for peds. Dr. Brown runs lectures frequently during the week for them, and is the doc for the Gastro (GI) unit. After we met everyone, and they heard the intro talk from Dr. Brown, we went on a quick
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