We had a regular day at work today. Today was the first day back in school for the local kids so traffic this morning was terrible. We started rounds around 8:30 and our first cases at 9:00. Hospitalizations here are a family affair and it’s not unusual that each patient was 3-4 family members with them at the hospital. There are few private rooms and most kids are in common wards. On rounds the entire room full of people, relatives or just onlookers, gather around the patient of interest. It seems they all have something to say, of course only a fraction makes it through the interpreter. We eventually make it through.
Towards the end of our third case I started to smell food in the OR. Sure enough, lunch was being served in the hall outside of the OR. We had a nice traditional Egyptian meal which consisted of various pastas, beans, and vegetables which you top with fried onions and a spicy tomato sauce. It was great.
We made it home around 6:30 this evening and had a nice dinner at the rooftop restaurant which has turned out to a nice surprise. Overall, work is work and Tuesdays are Tuesdays, even in Egypt
~Croth
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