A Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity
Get a real taste of medical care in China in this video of a trip to Chengdu that Chris Moore, MD, and Thomas Cook, MD, took in July 2011. It’s a bit long (39 minutes), but well worth your time to see how the world’s largest hospital cares for residents of what is now China’s third largest city: population 14 million. (New York City’s population, by comparison, is eight million.)
West China Hospital boasts 6,100 staff, more than 4,500 beds, 36 clinical departments, 15 medical technology departments, and more than 100 OR suites that perform 300 surgeries a day. Patients pay for care before they receive it; a head...
Source: Going Global - April 9, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
A Mission to India, A Changed World View
By Brian Desaulniers, MD
To say that my experiences with the Himalayan Health Exchange (www.himalayanhealth.com) changed my view of the world is an understatement. Spending October 2010 trekking the farthest reaches of the Himalayan Mountains was awe-inspiring and exhausting, but it was worth every moment.
My experience began as in interest to participate in an international medicine experience during my final year of residency training at Palmetto Health Richland Medical Center. I had never traveled to a developing country, and I wanted this rotation to allow me to be outdoors, provide strictly clinical care, and do...
Source: Going Global - March 8, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
A Mission to India, A Changed World View
By Brian Desaulniers, MD
To say that my experiences with the Himalayan Health Exchange (www.himalayanhealth.com) changed my view of the world is an understatement. Spending October 2010 trekking the farthest reaches of the Himalayan Mountains was awe-inspiring and exhausting, but it was worth every moment.
My experience began as in interest to participate in an international medicine experience during my final year of residency training at Palmetto Health Richland Medical Center. I had never traveled to a developing country, and I wanted this rotation to allow me to be outdoors, provide strictly clinical care, and do lo...
Source: Going Global - March 8, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
