Monday, December 11, 2017

Day 1 – First visit to Black Lion Hospital

Susan Sotardi
Fellow, Neuroradiology at MGH
PGY7

Day 1 – First visit to Black Lion Hospital

Day 1
I arrived in Addis Ababa early in the morning, and after a brief nap at the hotel, I took a taxi to Black Lion Hospital in order to meet with the department chair. I realized as soon as the taxi arrived at the gate that the hospital compound was huge, and there was no way of finding the radiology department without asking multiple people for help. I wandered into an outdoor courtyard in the middle of the ED building. Patients and families were laying in the hallways of the courtyard on sprawling blankets, each person with an anxious sadness printed on their faces. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a sign for “xray.” A lady sitting behind a door with metal bars looked up and seemed to take pity on me, knowing that I would never find the radiology department on my own. She locked up her office and walked me to the radiology office.

The chair, Dr. Alwan, was very
welcoming and gave me a tour of the department. We discussed the goals of my trip, including my schedule for resident lectures and the plan for my colleague, Issack to provide lectures to the technologists. We had a long discussion about the current workflow in the department and the pros/cons of the current system. I took many notes.

I decided to walk part of the way back to the hotel. The area surrounding the hospital was tragic. Numerous people were laying in the street, emaciated and listless, looking up only to plead for food or change. A little boy approached me, asking me to buy his tissues. I gave him 5 birr (18 cents US), which made him very happy. I realized suddenly that I didn’t actually need tissues and offered to return them, so that he could resell them to someone else. He looked at me, shook his head and ran away with his 5 birr.

When I arrived back at home, I emailed my mentor Melissa Culp (RadAid, Chief Operating Officer) to update her on my plan. 

Black Lion Hospital radiology reading room.
 

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