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Travel Blogs from Stanger
Saturday night bloodshed *WARNING BRUTAL
... in, his face bloodied. 'Head-on smash on the motorway’ he says.
An entire minibus is on its way and no one has phoned in advance. Not that we had any beds anyway.
Another ambulance arrives in even greater commotion. A cardiac arrest is in process in the ambulance back. Wheeling the defibulator as close was we can get to the doors the 20 year old driver of the vehicle is rushed in.
We try for thirty minutes without much hope. ...
Weekend at Zinkwazi
... This house is situated on the beach, first it's green grass, then a river , beach sand and then the ocean. My uncle and aunt, Heathers parents, joined us, which was wonderful to see them. We settled into relaxing, reading, enjoying some wine, some lunch, beach walks, chasing crabs, fishing. Joshua and Ollie received remote control boats which entertained them for ...
Check-in
... standing around idly and who get paid for it who also knew nothing, when this little head pops out from behind the storeroom door and asks if she can help? I left my file in the toilet... "This one?" She says! I nearly tipped her the five dollars I was given to gamble with in Vegas (Kidding Duncan!) But it was then that I decided it would be safer for me to be in the lounge drinking than to be wasting time, wasting time till 18:45. And besides, my feet are now sore... So here I ...
Stanger: Chaos and Compassion part two
... the department as we all did at the end of our day shifts with a log jam of wheel chairs and a handover of half worked up patients. What can one do when they arrive at 3:30pm en mass as they evitably do?
The department was especially cramped today with patients, trolleys, drip stands and wheel chairs everywhere. The whole hospital teems on Mondays. Pharmacy, medical outpatients, the various clinics are packed. ...
Stanger Hospital: Chaos and compassion
... shades of the small lamps and all is peace.
I am gathering energy for my second enormous 24hr night shift. It’s ridiculous really. I’ll start work at 8am tomorrow and finish at 8am on Friday. Then I’ll be off work on Friday, depending on how much sleep I get, that is. And, then on Saturday night I’m back there again from 4pm to 8am. A rota written by sadists.
We started at Stanger last Monday, over one week ago. It’s a ...