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Real medicine in South Africa - Dr Jennie Nowers
10 April 2012
If you want to experience real medicine, come and work in a South African hospital, says Dr Jennie Nowers. Read full story
UK doctor had the time of her life in KwaZulu-Natal - Dr Mary Toulson
27 March 2012
"Medically, it was an amazing experience. We were eight doctors and we all helped each other. There was lots to do ─ lots of operations and lots of HIV/Aids and TB cases to treat. I was in charge of four different wards during the 11-month period." Read full story
South Africa felt like home - Dr Abeyna Jones
19 March 2012
The 28-year-old doctor from the UK arrived in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal in September 2010 and immediately after leaving the airport she had to help save someone’s life who was involved in a car accident. Read full story
Fixing cars and teaching maths - Gjalt Lindeboom
12 March 2012
Learning to fix cars and teaching mathematics at a local high school are all part of a Dutch engineer’s experience in South Africa. Gjalt Lindeboom and his wife, Karin Schelling, a tropical doctor, arrived in South Africa in February last year. She works at the St Patrick’s Hospital in Bizana in the Eastern Cape. Read full story
