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Located in Teshie, a semi-urban community just east of the capital of Ghana, Accra, Manna Mission Hospital is a 40-bed in-patient unit, with outpatient clinics. In patient cases included general and tropical medicine, O&G and paediatrics. Run by Dr Seth Ablorh, it has a mission statement encompassing compassionate medical care,...
At the hospital I participated in ward rounds and clinics and was expected to follow the final year students around. I did two weeks of medicine, one week of obstetrics and gynaecology and one week of paediatrics. I expected more practical hands-on experience and possibly more tropically unique conditions. It...
