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A marriage and a new job!
In March this year Abasi married his long time girlfriend and started a new job. This neatly finishes this chapter of Abasi’s life story so I’ll leave it there. If you want know more drop me a note on the contact page.
Another year, saving lives.
As it’s nearly a year since I posted an update, here it is. June 2018: Abasi was invited to a university to give 3 evening class lectures of 3 hours each on HIV, Sexual Health and General Health. It seemed to go down well. Abasi started to use his car with Taxify (a service similar […]
Ups And Downs And An Engagment
At the beginning of April I got an excited email from Abasi. He was about to get engaged to his long time girlfriend. However that wasn’t what the excitement was about. It was because in Tanzania they still have a dowry system (bride price) and he didn’t have enough money available. After much discussion we […]
The Doctor Is In.
Well Abasi started work as a qualified doctor in early January. The hospital put him up in a hotel for 2 weeks while he got sorted out and found a place to rent. Here’s some extracts from his latest email. “As soon as I arrived at Mwanza, I was well received by the Baylor staff […]
A new beginning…
Abasi finished his internship and got all A’s and B+’s, so that was pretty good. Unfortunately things got a bit tight financially as he was now unemployed. He applied for many jobs, and filled his time teaching in his local church. Then some good news! He was offered a post at Baylor Paediatric Hospital in […]
Crazy Surgical Department
Abasis’ mother was recently unwell, but he was able to get her to the hospital to see a gynaecologist who sorted out the problem. His father also had an ongoing problem with his knees, but again Abasi got him to the hospital for some much needed treatment. Unfortunately another of his relatives died after being […]
Oh No, Psychiatry
Obs and Gyn came to an end and was very draining on Abasi but also very useful. He wrote… “I have been really busy with Obs and Gyn to the point I was literally living in the hospital. I worked closely with the specialists, registered doctors and nurses to my maximum capacity. I assisted hundreds […]
Obs and Gyn
Abasi took a weekend trip with friends to Ruaha National Park and returned to start his rotation in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. It was something of a hectic time. As he wrote… “Well this is one of the busiest departments at Mbeya Zonal Referral Hospital as it serves 400-500 new patient’s every week. Once you are […]
Mbeya Adventures
Abasi and his friends had a few days off with, as ever, some interesting twists… “Last weekend, which was a long weekend, we organised a trip of 12 of us. We had three cars and everyone contributed for fuel except the car owners. We started by going to Matema lake shore (lake Nyasa) which was […]
Adventures in Paediatrics
Abasi had his mum and sister to visit recently. His sister had a few struggles at school in the early years but since changing schools had faired better. Abasi had always promised her that if she did well at school he would buy her a plane ticket to Dar. She had never been on a […]
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