Tuesday, December 13, 2011

From the Logbook...Lawang Kama Pt. 2

The patient I referred to in the previous post was in bad shape.  I later learned that she was unable to deliver the baby's placenta 3 days before.  Her body was already experiencing toxic shock and she looked almost dead to me.  Without the airplane bringing her to a hospital in PalangkaRaya, her chances of survival were almost nil.  It's a pleasure to be able to be here and help those that live a VERY tough life and are daily confronted by challenges that we as Westerners see as almost routine...like childbirth.

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