Monday afternoon,
This afternoon I'm going to help Mr Duncan build a video connection from the OR to the lecture hall-something he's been dreaming of for a long time. And when our friend Andee shows up later we have to go to the computer store to get CD labels.
This huge complex set idle from 1983 to 1992 with all the equipment in place. In '92 the eye center took it over and has been plagued with getting the place operational ever since. Then in 93' civil unrest took its toll on the funding for upkeep. There are large parts of the hospitals here which have never been used. And maintenance is a challenge.
We have 3 operating tables going and will operate on 60 patients today. Eight Nigerian doctors (5 women and 3 men) are being trained in a new surgical technique for cataracts and lens replacements. Our team did 30 surgeries the first afternoon for demonstration and the new docs started yesterday and continue today. 30 more yesterday, up to 60 today.

Added Tuesday....

Did not get to the video connection due to other stuff like getting power to projectors for classes. Everything over here is 220 volts.

Spent Monday night in Zaria at the Hope for the blind school. Power went out at the time we were headed to bed. So we lite a candle and put up the mosquito netting and climbed in for a warm night. Big storms rolled in at 2 am....

Time is up on this connection...

bye for now,

Pete