One of the interns here, Dr. Shah, just finished his intern
year yesterday. He is a super interesting guy. He was mostly raised in Kenya
but went to medical school for 7 years in Russia. He spent the first year
learning Russian and then did all of med school in Russian. Then came back to Kenya
to do internship and is planning on taking an exam to get a license in
Australia and later do his residency there. And he speaks 6 languages…no big
deal. Imagine doing med school in a totally new language in a completely
different country!
I spent many hours with Mildred, one of the med students on
my current team, last night as we were admitting new patients until 11pm. Turns
out she has 6 kids! Aged 10 to 24. Nothing quite like that fact to make me
realize how easy my life is.
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