Using ultrasound Heidi finds that a ruptured appendix is much more serious and an urgent operation is needed.
Eccrine Acrospiroma
Working here in Northern Ghana, I have seen conditions and tumors that I have never seen elsewhere. Sometimes, I have to refer patients to the larger teaching institutions for further investigations. Other times, I just have to approach a problem in a stepwise fashion until a conclusion is found. This case is a good example […]
The Boy Who Loved Jackalberries So Much That They Almost Killed Him
A kid has a major bowel obstruction caused by dozens of seeds from the swamp ebony tree fruit or diospyros mespiliformis.
West Africa’s Borassus Palm
A look at the African Fan Palm (borassus aethiopum) found across Sub-Saharan Africa and its uses in northern Ghana.
Super Blood Wolf Moon Eclipse
The lunar eclipse as seen from Nalerigu, Ghana.
Abdominal Tuberculosis
Heidi extracts a large ovarian cyst that appears to be cancerous. The actual diagnosis is a bit of a surprise.