by GlennHanna | Jan 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
Lebamba, Gabon As you can see, we are having quite an experience over here. We are in a groove right now. We’ve gotten to know the people and have developed a mutual respect. I’ve been teaching endoscopy, seeing patients in consultation and giving lectures...
by GlennHanna | Oct 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
Bongolo Hospital We have planned some busy last days at the hospital this week. We need to leave the compound a day early as they will be closing a crucial bridge on the only road from here to Libreville on Friday. So, Pastor Serge will be driving us back to...
by GlennHanna | Jul 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
More Than Meets the Eye Bongolo Hospital sits approximately 150 miles south of the equator in the village of Lebamba, Gabon. Since it is on the equator the seasons are similar year-round. There is a rainy season which really means 15 to 20 thunderstorms per month. In...
by GlennHanna | Jul 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
A 10-year old boy named Jean Paul was admitted to an isolation room at Bongolo Hospital with a deep chronic tropical ulcer on his lower leg. He was friendly but shy, keeping to himself most of the time. The nurses changed his dressings several times a day and had...
by GlennHanna | May 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
Honest Insights Dr. Elizabeth Elliott, a young family practice physician from Virginia was talking with me on the front screened in patio of her one-bedroom bungalow. We had just finished a lovely chicken dinner that she had prepared for me as...
by GlennHanna | Apr 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
This is a photo of a little Ambari. I met her today at the end of rounds. She was waiting to see Dr. Renee Valach, the internal medicine/pediatrics doc. Renee told me her story when I asked for her photo. She is 14 months, born cachectic to two parents with HIV....
