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1 May 2021  “Say it ain’t so, Joe!”  An 8 yo girl was admitted with diarrhea, but as I examined her, I was convinced she had malaria (large spleen), pericarditis (cardiac rub), probable Rheumatic card ........

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1 June 2021  The HPF (Health Pooled Funds) were an innovative way of addressing the medical problems in South Sudan.  A consortium of countries, particularly the UK, Sweden, Germany pooled their resou ........

J. CLARKE MCINTOSH WITH AN ULTRASOUND MACHINE

Ultrasound is a critical tool that I have needed to learn after coming to Sudan.

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2 April 2021  I was on call and a young girl returned.  I am uncertain as to some intermediary steps since the last time I saw her.  She has Rheumatic carditis and TB pericarditis.  She had obviously ........

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2 March 2021  Yesterday we started testing some of the staff involved in caring for the patients with Covid-19.  Two of our staff were positive.  I felt fine yesterday, though in my exercise, I felt a ........