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Dom in South Africa - Dominic Craver (Blog)
26 October 2011
Follow this story of a junior doctor from the UK working and living in South Africa. "I am working as a 'Level 1 Medical Officer' at the Holy Cross Hospital, which is 20km outside the small and chaotic town of Flagstaff in the Eastern Cape Province". Read full story
Getting creative with what you've got
7 October 2011
It may be hard to imagine what life would be like working as a doctor in rural Africa, especially when one has trained in the well-staffed and well-equipped NHS. By contrast, the South African healthcare situation is characterised by uninsured patients served by dedicated staff in understaffed and often under-equipped hospitals – all within the context of poverty, HIV/Aids, TB and other tropical diseases. Read more... Read full story
Life of a doctor in the Transkei - Tom Boyles (Blog)
5 October 2011
"I am a British doctor fulfilling the long-term ambition of working in a hospital in a rural part of Africa. I find myself in the Transkei, a former black homeland of South Africa, which in many ways has been left behind by the economic advances of the post Aparteid era." Read more... Read full story
Six months in magnificent Manguzi
26 September 2011
A stone’s throw from Mozambique and the Indian Ocean, the town built on the foundations of sand... It is dirty, noisy, colourful, friendly, and it’s been the happiest of homes. Read about Dr Emily Hufton's time living and working in Manguzi. Read full story
