TBC EMPYEMA
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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 ...
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ECLAMPSIA
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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 ...
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EXIT NIGERIA
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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 ...
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NIGERIA V
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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 ...
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ANOTHER BRAVE GIRL
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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 ...
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COSMETIC SURGERY
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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 ...
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CIRCUMCISIO - AGAIN
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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 ...
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SMILE !
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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 ...
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POOR AFRICA
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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 ...
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EXTENDED HEALTHCARE
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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 ...
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FIRE AND WATER
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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. ...
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