Wednesday 10th April Day 5. I woke feeling better, I think I have caught a flu, hence the aches and pains. I was swapped to an afternoon shift, so with a sleep in I'm ready for another day. Took it easy in the morning catching up on the blog. The power drops out frequently which makes blogging challenging because you have to log back into wifi, and nothing has saved! The afternoon shift bus picks us up at 2pm, well it's suppose to! It got to us about 40 minut...

Tuesday 9th April Day 4 Woke to a wet day with lots of thunder and lightning this morning, which is apparently a bit unseasonal. Early start for breakfast and ready to catch the bus to the Hospital at 7.30. We arrive at the ward and the patients are ready dressed and waiting for theatre in their beanies & blanket. The patients get a bag of supplies with a blanket, beanie, socks, and soap, toothbrush & paste, the kids get toys to keep them occupied...

Monday 8th April Assessment day First day of real work. The bus left for the hospital at 7.30 sharp. So breakfast at 6.30am. We were awake about 5.30am and greeted by a beautiful view of the Himalayas with the sun glistening on the snow topped peaks, an awesome welcome to the day. On arrival at the hospital we headed up to the assessment area, to be given our stations which included registration, surgery assessment, anaesthetic review, consent and worming, the...

An early start today, woke to the sound of traffic & horns in Kathmandu. We had to be ready with breakfast over, luggage in the foyer and in the meeting room at 8 AM. At the team meeting we introduced ourselves and shared a little of why we wanted to join the team, given a run down on how the projected worked and the preparations to be done. The alleys and streets in Kathmandu are very narrow and winding with outer main roads, and traffic in the narrow a...

Saturday 6th April - The plane landed with a bit of a shudder and heavy on the breaks but arrived safely in Kathmandu Nepal. Going through customs was pretty easy, out to the bag collection, we waited & waited, and finally come to terms that our cases did not arrive with us!!! Not happy Singapore Air. It doesn't help that airport porters pull the bags off the carousel and leave them in a big messy pile. Leanne discovered her bag of supplies. So, after report...