there are so many patients here who have fairly manageable conditions, if only they were not here. young people, old people... hiv, non-hiv
when i actually stop to think about and ponder how they must feel on their deathbeds, how their family must feel, i feel like crying - but what would be the point?
on another note, i used to do a lot of work for Canadian Blood Services, and i always thought that if they could ship their blood overseas it would be wayyyyy more helpful. here in zambia, people walk in with hemoglobins of 34 (normally it's supposed to be >120 or 130) and desperately need transfusions, but there's actually no blood in the blood bank - and they will die of anemia. if only there was a way of shipping some of the blood we collect.
ridiculously, the surgical ward ran out of alcohol swabs today. i'm going to ship this hospital a box of swabs and tourniquets when i get home
Give me the address, I'll send some.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if working out the logistics of a global blood bank would be possible. Do you know if other countries currently ship blood out? That might be something interesting to work on when you're in public health.
It seems like CBS has enough difficulty dealing with local shortages, but I think it's a reasonable and logical idea.
je ne sais pas joey, but it's something i'll look into when i get home :)
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