Spring may be here!

Ah spring!  Warm days and melting snow.  It is so beautiful.  Look out front of the hospital.... the snow has melted and revealed rose bushes!

I am told they are quite spectacular when they bloom.

John, a gyne surgeon is here from the USA.  He performed 2 laparoscopic hysterectomies today, and it is speculated that it is the first time this surgery has been performed in Afghanistan!  Imagine the benefits for women with this less invasive surgery and quicker healing time!  His plan is to teach the techniques to the Afghan surgeons.  A ripple effect is set in motion.

I have been working on teaching some of the nursing supervisors to teach CPR.  Here are a couple of pictures of the group in action  (I was unsuccessful in uploading videos to this site)

That is Fahima doing "baby baby are you OK?"

Here are Tajuddin and Mohammad Rahim doing 2 rescuer CPR on an infant.  Rahim told me he likes this picture because it has a world map in the background.  I couldn't agree more.

And here Fahima and Mohammad Shah are practising 2 rescuer CPR on an infant.

Hamid (the guys nicknamed him 'Karzai') spent a lot of time reviewing the notes.  I am so impressed that they all managed the whole course in English - Hamid's fourth language!







They are all finally OK with me taking pictures of them!  I am so pleased.  They are even sharing their jokes with me....even the LIMEZ jokes  :)   I am so happy!