The population of India is estimated to be around one billion. As of 11:45pm India Standard time last night that number increased by one. At 7,500 feet in Landoore Comunity Hospital in the hillstation of Mussoorie I observed my first c-section. Landoorie hospital is a christian missionary operation staffed with international doctors built right into the side of the mountain. Its a self descirbed "hospital within a hospital," providing low cost sometimes free care the the rural population in the surrounding hills, and pay-for-service care the the large tourist population that visits during the summer months. We arrived yesterday moring via jeep from Dehradun. Athough describing the vehicle we rode in as a "jeep" is about as appropriate as describing a wad newspaper as a "kleenex". It gets the job done but you're bound to be
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