Pediatrician Dr. Paul Melchert demonstrating a key part of global healthcare delivery: adaptability.
When supplies aren’t readily available, creative problem-solving has to go hand-in-hand with clinical expertise.
In this video, Paul flexes his pivoting skills to make things work with the resources available — all in service of providing the best possible care for his pediatric patient.
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Day 2 in Bahir Dar: 8 life-changing surgeries completed and another great day in the OR.
Today’s focus was on head and neck masses, with ENT fellow Dr. Kassaw operating alongside CSI surgeon Dr. Chris Discolo while medical residents trained with CSI volunteer Dr. Raj Petersson at the second table.
Theresa Philbin, RN, shares, “watching the local team work seamlessly with our OR staff is amazing.”
Baby Marie (pictured in photo #2) will receive surgery on Thursday. When the team first met her at just 3 days old, CSI provided her family with specialty bottles and formula to help ensure she could feed and grow strong enough for surgery.
More still to come this week in Bahir Dar.
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The first OR day at Tibebe Ghion Specialized Hospital was a success, with five children receiving specialized ENT surgeries and additional patients screened for care in the days ahead.
All surgeries today were all performed by ENT fellow Dr. Kassaw Ketemaw — underscoring the growing local surgical capacity made possible through our partnership with College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia.
Did the team have power the whole day? No. But the work continued anyway. These are hurdles the staff in Ethiopia navigate regularly with resilience, skill, and unwavering dedication to their patients.
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A busy screening day in Bahir Dar as CSI volunteers and our in-country colleagues screened 40 pediatric patients and scheduled 26 children for surgery this week as part of this fellowship surgical training campaign.
Among the patients seen today were several malnourished babies, including two children first evaluated last October who have benefitted from ongoing feeding support and interventions. For children who are not yet healthy enough for surgery, the team works with local partners to provide feeding support, ongoing follow-up, and a pathway to future care.
Tomorrow will be the first day of surgeries. Great work, team!
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College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia.
Taitu Tour and Travel Ethiopia
“We were very shameful about the baby's cleft before surgery, now we are proud and we feel very happy about the surgery. We would like to thank you very much.” Parent, Ethiopia
