Photographic Evidence

21:44

~ Saturday 26th July

I know you guys have taken my word that I'm casually wandering about the Third World getting up to this, that and the other, but I thought what better way to end my placement than with a few pictures for you to marvel at whilst simultaneously providing proof that I am actually here and not making things up from the top of my head.

I hate to disappoint, but I don't have any pictures from the dental department (I promise you that you're not missing out on much) but I did take some of the labs I was in and the people I had the opportunity to work with.

Enjoy!

Me, caught happy-dancing on the way to the biochemistry lab in my sexy laboratory attire. Attractive, I know

Angela working the Erba-XL200 clinical chemistry analyser for the liver and renal function tests

Colin and Ed pretending to work in haematology

Ed using Erba Elite 5 to carry out tests on blood samples

Ed staining for sickle cell disease

One of the many PCR rooms

Mr Bukhu preparing the blood bag ready to go off for an emergency blood transfusion

Mr Nkhunda and Welton posing by the blood bank

And Mr Bukhu also having his turn

Tuberculosis Laboratory

Welton testing patient samples for TB using PCR

Serology department; testing patient samples for hepatitis B/C

Flow Cytometry; testing for HIV/AIDS

Welton and Maida in the biochemistry lab

Ahhhh I'm missing it all already :(

Kauser

Part-time blogger, full-time scientist, and lifetime Liverpool fan. Follow me as I document my life, from uni woes, to the chaos of adulthood, and every other awkward moment in-between that is part and parcel of being a socially introverted twenty-something year old.