My aunt is a retired women’s health specialist, but still maintains a part-time practice at a small, nearby hospital (“nursing home”; not in the American sense). She has only been there a few weeks, and prior to this, she worked at a charity hospital. She told me an interested story about HIV and access to [...]
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I went to Niloufer Children’s Hospital today, saw the ART Centre, and spoke to the superintendent. It was a different experience for me, being an internist, but one that definitely made me think a bit.
Niloufer is a government hospital, much like Osmania General Hospital and Gandhi Hospital here in Hyderabad. It is fairly close [...]
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The new airport in Hyderabad is nice. I don’t know how old the old one was, but it was small, dirty, and inconvenient for the high flow there in recent years. With the development of the IT sector in Hyderabad (“Cyberabad“), the city desparately needed a larger airport. The new Rajiv Gandhi International Airport opened [...]
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The upgrade to first class on the CLE-DTW leg was nice, for 26 minutes. I wonder what it takes to get upgraded on an international flight? Probably doesn’t happen, since I seem to remember empty seats in past trips. The Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is becoming a second home to me. This is the first time [...]
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The night before my 10 trip to India. I am actually mostly packed, which surprises me. I still don’t have a clear idea of my schedule, but I know most of what I want to accomplish:
1. Install database
2. Get my student situated at SRH for the summer
3. Assess the SRH slum and PPTCT projects, since [...]
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