The internet has been awful so I am writing with a very vague hope that I will be able to post this, but here goes… We had a patient with a placenta praevia yesterday (when the placenta is sited low in the uterus, reaching or covering the cervical opening). Babies with a placenta like this…

Friday marked the start of my new career as a qualitative researcher, collecting data for my Master’s dissertation. Many challenges to be overcome, not least the added issue of needing to use a translator whilst attempting to overcome the natural shyness and reticence of the Bakiga women. However you can’t help but fall head over…

We are experimenting with running a blog on this website. Helen Smith will be writing occasional entries while she is in Kisiizi. Here is the first offering. Sitting listening to the dawn chorus as I write I can’t help wondering how the new day feels for some of our patients. Each day comes with a…