Today we had our first surgery in the new Operating Room. One little girl is now minus two tonsils. Everyone was very excited, double checking everything even though Dr. Duane has done literally hundreds of these operations and could probably do a tonsillectomy in his sleep.
Speaking of sleep, there was little to be had. On campus there was a late night emergency case that had the doctors out of bed. In town, there was a little bit of religious rivalry over the loudspeakers. I'm used to the Muslim call to prayer, singing out every morning over the PA at 5:40am. This morning, two of the Christian churches got in on the action with very loud, angry sermons being preached to the whole town over their powerful loudspeakers. They got the jump on the mosque by starting at 5:00am sharp. At first I was intrigued by the unique role of electronic sound amplification in religious practice here in Karatu. Now I just want to sleep a little bit longer.
I'm going to Arusha tomorrow, but I will try to upload pictures when I get back.
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