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This past week has been absolutely perfect. I was given free rein of the hospital. I saw so many different and interesting cases; it’s amazing with such a small staff that the Mission Hospital can basically handle everything. The most common injuries I saw where those due to car accidents and TB. Probably the most memorable cases were the most bloody or heart wrenching. I saw a man get his finger reattached in the ER, another man who literally broke his jaw and spine in half because he fell from a tree drunk, a family lose their loved one, a little girl that was hit by a car, several surgeries both major and minor, and finally what I have wanted to see my whole life… the birth of a baby!!!! I was so fortunate to see a child be born here because it’s very uncommon for women go to a hospital to give birth. Many of them don’t understand it is a lot safer to give birth in a hospital than in a village. I was so lucky because I just happened to be in the right place at the right time. I was doing round with sir when I saw a lady taken into the OT. I asked what was going on because all surgeries are on Tuesday or Thursday, a med student told me that this patient had gone in to labor and they needed to do an emergency cesarean section.  I ran over to the OT so I wouldn’t miss anything.  LOL I ended up beating the doctor there. The lady was screaming in pain… I became a good hand holder!!!The surgery lasted 2 hours but it only took about 5 mins to get the baby out. This birth was the most beautiful and yet most disturbing thing I have ever seen in my life. I was so excited by this birth I can’t even imagine what it would be like to be a parent in this situation. It was incredibly disturbing because it was the bloodiest thing I have ever seen in my life.  So fortunate to have the experience of witnessing a healthy birth!!! Next thing on my list, witness a vaginal birth.