A month after a young man had injured his thumb in a machine which fills “pure water sachets,” he came to BMC. He had been dressing his wounds at another hospital, but he had not seen any improvement. The skin, soft tissue and tendon on the nail side of his thumb overlying the knuckle joint […]
Omental Cyst
One day, I got a text from one of our visiting doctors requesting a consult for a 3-year-old boy. He had an ultrasound report (from a local herbal medicine seller who also has an ultrasound machine) with the following diagnoses: liver cirrhosis, ascites (fluid in the abdomen) and splenic tears. Confused, I asked the young […]
Gross Gangrene Gallbladders Galore!
After years of hardly touching any patients’ gallbladders, Heidi has a run of five children with gallbladders that had to be removed due to typhoid.
A Juju Man Puts His Trust in Christ
Read an awesome testimonial of a surgery patient who abandoned his magical charms to put his faith in Jesus.
On Ostomy
Nobody likes an ostomy, nobody except Heidi that is… find out why she’s such fan of diverting the fecal stream!
Cranial osteomyelitis
A 6 year-old boy fell out of a tree and cracked his skull. His family took him to various hospitals, but due to financial constraints, the boy did not get the proper treatment.
Removing a 40-yr-old, Leaky Head Tumor
An elderly gentleman came to the hospital with a tumor on his head. When asked how long the tumor had been there, he said 40 years! So why, after 40 years, did he finally come to the hospital? Over the past week, it had been growing significantly in size and it was painful. Besides that, […]
Right Humerus Sequestrectomy
Heidi performs a rare procedure to remove a years-old piece of dead bone from a young woman’s arm.
Dermoid Ovarian Cyst
A young woman presented with a several month history of a fullness in her abdomen associated with pain. Upon examination, one could palpate a ball-like mass in her pelvis. It wasn’t stuck in one place, however. It moved slightly when pressed.