“I recognized that it is so easy to satisfy patients by simple means – GREAT! The best thing is that your patients will thank you with a smile.”
Posts from Karsten Blasberg
The last day – WHAT A SHAME! Today, no patients have come, so we opened the clinic at 8.00 am and closed it at 10.00 am. Instead, in beautiful and [...]
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Because of road closures and protests by the population the expected patients could not get to the clinic. The kindness and friendliness of the people here make up for the [...]
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Today, I had a long talk with Ralf Sommermann, one of the next volunteers, from the company Jahn. Chris passed the telephone over to me and I was hopefully able [...]
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Today, one of our patients had to go into hospital, because the other foot was ulcerated and the leg had to be amputated.
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Today we had time off. Along with many others, we went off in the direction of Port au Prince to the Wahoo Bay Resort. Andreas, the paediatrician from the hospital, [...]
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Today, we have fine-tuned yesterday’s prostheses and undertaken walking training with the patients.
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Today, all the patients for whom Chris and Tom made plaster dummies on Wednesday in Loegane arrived. Suddenly, we have a full house and a lot of fitting to do. [...]
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This morning, Chris and Tom returned, bringing patients from Port au Prince with them. In addition to the prostheses fitting, there are also five new prostheses to build. The team [...]
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Today, the patients came to the clinic mainly for walking training. It is absolutely astonishing how patiently and calmly the patients wait in the clinic. In Germany, such waiting times [...]
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Without doubt, the highlight of the day was Carsten Stauf’s visit to the lab. Tomorrow, Chris and Tom will drive to Leogane to take plaster casts there. At Carsten Stauf’s [...]
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At 8.00 am sharp Chris opens the doors of the clinic. Around 9.00 am, the clinic slowly fills up and I start with trial fittings of the prostheses. The calmness [...]
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Three hours later than planned, we (Tom from Ohio and I) reach Port au Prince. In front of the airport, we meet up with Chris from the Hanger Ivan R. [...]
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