I am now in Bangkok after a long day out in the humidity and heat.  Less than one full day left until I make the voyage home. Friday we did another clinic in a village in the mountains.  I learned a lot more about the villages on Friday.  This village is from the Akha tribe. […]

We spent Monday and Tuesday at Surin Hospital, which is a rotation site for the medical students at the university we are staying at.  It is about 3 hours away from the med school.  It is a Providencial hospital, which is smaller than Maharat Hospital (a regional hospital), but bigger than Pakchong (a district hospital) […]

We spent two days in Pakchong.  The hospital there is medium sized.  It has internal medicine, OB, peds, surgery, and the other basics.  We weren’t really in the hospital as much as the clinics though.  On Thursday we were at the alternative medicine clinic.   We saw acupuncture, cupping, and thai massage.  With the acupuncture […]

The past few days at the Big Daddy Maharat Hospital have been nothing short of awesome.  We were there Monday through Wednesday.  Two words- Operating Room… the entire time!! This is a huge hospital.  It has all the specialists, so it’s where all of the complicated and high risk stuff goes to (not just for […]