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13 – it was in Luganda so I’m not
sure exactly what was said; however, it must have been good because
when he 昀椀nished nine people
stood to join in a prayer giving their
lives to Jesus! This blew me away;
praying to see more of this kind
of openness and readiness back
home! Throughout the rest of the
day Jesus con琀椀nued to be at the
heart of the clinic. Pa琀椀ents read
John 3:16 as part of their eye test,
and prayer ministry was happening
all day. It was such a wonderful experience to be a part of a service
that really does care for both the
physical and spiritual health of its
pa琀椀ents in equal measure.
jawbone and took a free 昀氀ap from
the 昀椀bula to create a new one. This
was the 昀椀rst 琀椀me I had seen such
a complicated surgery, and I was
so inspired by how life-changing it
was going to be for the pa琀椀ent. I
really love surgery, but have always
been afraid to pursue it as a career
because I know it can be so compe琀椀琀椀ve, and I o昀琀en doubt whether
I am cut out for that type of work.
However, joining this ENT camp
rea昀케rmed just how much I love it,
and I hope it will be a springboard
to give me more con昀椀dence to pursue this path!
Surgery
A big highlight from my 琀椀me in Kiwoko was all of the new friends I
made! The sta昀昀 and students at the
hospital welcomed me so wonderfully, and it was lovely to join some
of them for meals, Bible studies
and church services. I really enjoyed all of the singing and dancing in church! There were also two
other medical students and one
physiotherapist from Austria staying in the guesthouse, and it was
lovely to get to know them and
explore the village together. We got
up to all sorts: cooking very fresh
chicken on a barbeque, playing animal games with the local children
and going on a safari to Murchison
Falls!
During my second week there, a
group of ENT surgeons from the US
came to run a surgical camp as part
of the Head and Neck Outreach ini琀椀a琀椀ve. It was such a privilege to be
given opportuni琀椀es to scrub in and
assist in some incredibly complex
and life-changing surgeries, the
kind of which I would almost never see in the UK! The most memorable surgery was the resec琀椀on of
a large ameloblastoma (a tumour
in the jawbone). The tumour had
grown so large that the pa琀椀ent was
struggling to eat or drink anything
and they had become incredibly
frail and unwell. The surgeons removed almost the en琀椀rety of the
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