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THREE HAPPY PATIENTS HEADING HOME by Erik Erichsen Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc A person who has not been on call 24 hours around the clock day and night for more than 5 years can not understand what a luxury it feels to have one week of undisturbed sleep ... Read on »

TBC EMPYEMA by Erik Erichsen Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc Internet connection has been down for almost two weeks, but otherwise we are doing fine with the infrastructures as a whole. The x-ray equipment has been repaired by the Germ ... Read on »

ECLAMPSIA by Erik Erichsen Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc Internet has been down for almost two weeks – that’s why the blog has been silent. Only today I managed to connect. In the western world you never see full blown ecamplasia ... Read on »

Usually it is difficult to catch ... by Erik Erichsen Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc Usually it is difficult to catch a smiling face on a photo. It seems that the culture dictates a somber and dignified expression, staring directly in the camera with a rigid b ... Read on »

The vast majority of emergency c ... by Erik Erichsen Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc The vast majority of emergency cases in the hospital are complicated deliveries. One has to keep in mind that according to the official statistics only 3% of deliveries in the ... Read on »

Once I visited a museum of moder ... by Erik Erichsen Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc Once I visited a museum of modern art and found this exceptionally strange sculpture. At that time I couldn’t figure out what the artist had in mind when creating the sculpt ... Read on »

As mentioned before on this blog ... by Erik Erichsen Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc As mentioned before on this blog, cancer is a very common disease inAfrica- contrary to common belief abroad. Patients tend to come late, often too late. Sometimes we are able ... Read on »

About two years ago Aira Hospita ... by Erik Erichsen Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc About two years ago Aira Hospital was visited by a group from a very large and rich international agency. One lady who represented the Australian branch of that NGO approach m ... Read on »

EXIT NIGERIA by Erik Erichsen Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc I had a professional very exciting and pleasant stay in Nigeria, but it is anyhow good to be back home in Ethiopia.What did I learn from my visit in Nigeria?Fistula surgeons i ... Read on »

NIGERIA VI - “Fistula pilgrimage” by Erik Erichsen Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc Soon I will be leaving Nigeria and return home to Ethiopia. Contrary to the negative picture which is falsely spread around in the world I have only met very kind, exceptional ... Read on »

NIGERIA V by Erik Erichsen Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc In three weeks I have been travelling with Dr Kees between four different fistula centers in 4 cities: Katsina – Kano – Zaira – Sokoto We operate fistulas the whole day, we ... Read on »

NIGERIA IV “The life of a fistula surgeon” by Erik Erichsen Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc As you have read in previous blogs, I have the privilege to follow the work of the esteemed fistula surgeon Dr Kees Walldijk here in Nigeria. For an amateur golf player it wou ... Read on »

ANOTHER BRAVE GIRL by Erik Erichsen Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc Children start early to work and help in the house. For the girls it means fetching water and collecting firewood. Everywhere you see young girls carrying firewood. One of t ... Read on »

COSMETIC SURGERY by Erik Erichsen Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc In theso calleddeveloped world cosmetic surgery of more or less doubtful character is very common.Here in Aira there is usually no place for that – and no demand either for th ... Read on »

CIRCUMCISIO - AGAIN by Erik Erichsen Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc At the time being we are on annual leave in Sweden, travelling here and there collecting equipment and materials for the hospital and informing about our work at Aira Hospital ... Read on »

SMILE ! by Erik Erichsen Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc Many charity organizations are interested to come and help children with cleft lip. During my six years in Aira several different organizations have offered to come and do sur ... Read on »

WAITING LIST - NO THANKS by Erik Erichsen Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc In Sweden people who have paid taxes and done right all their lives have to wait months to get medical treatment. A great shame for one of the richest countries in the world.I ... Read on »

POOR AFRICA by Erik Erichsen Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc The financial crisis has struck hard in the so called developed world. Here in Aira it has passed by largely unnoticed. People are used to a life in outmost poverty and are fo ... Read on »

EXTENDED HEALTHCARE by Erik Erichsen Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in the world. Although the media always report only negative events like hunger, starvation and human conflicts from this country, act ... Read on »

FIRE AND WATER by Erik Erichsen Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc Fire and water are elements which fall under the sole responsibility of the Ethiopian women. They carry water - often from long distances - collect and chop firewood too. ... Read on »

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