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Monthly Archives: November 2009

An Early African Christmas?

As we arrived in Blantyre, Malawi last Monday with our crates of orthopaedic implants, the excitement amongst our local hosts was palpable. In a country with such limited resources, our packages brought necessary operations to several Malawians this past week. To begin with, the people of Malawi truly live up to their reputation as “the friendliest [...]
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On the Way to Malawi

Well, we are on the way to Malawi, the final leg now, Johannesburg to Blantyre.  Luckily we have made it this far with our 140 pounds of instruments and implants from Synthes- only one hurdle left to get the stuff to Queen Elizabeth and BEIT Cure Hospitals!  David Katz and I are excited about spending [...]
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