Medical Electives: An African Experience

In March/April this year two more UK doctors, this time from Exeter University Medical School, spent their 'elective' training period at Urambo Hospital. They were accommodated at Urambo FDC, in Devon House, which is within walking distance of the hospital.

Doctors Harry Theron (left) and Ben Kodiatt spent about 6 weeks under the supervison of the hospital Director gaining invaluable experience of the sort of medical problems faced by people in developing countries such as Tanzania. Equally, after 6 years of medical training, they were almost fully qualified UK doctors so were of great assistance giving much needed support to the under-staffed hospital. Definitely a win-win situation.

FUM support As usual FUM arranged their collection from the airport, transit stay in Dar es Salaam and onward travel to Urambo. FUM also arranged travel around Urambo District, visiting some village clinics that FUM supports. We will be particularly interested to hear their accounts of developments at Kamalendi, Kiloleni and Usisya clinics which we 'adopted' in 2017.

Read Ben's Report of his 2019 Elective Placement