The journey to Pointe G Hopital. One of the largest hospital in Mali. To see one of the biggest doctors in Mali for infectious diseases. The ride was beautiful. Now your wondering: Why no photos of the ride? Well if you were riding in the cars around here, with other cars 2 mm away, and the motorcycles weaving in and out of traffic as they do, you might not stick a camera even close to the window. Trust me the scenery was amazing. I will get some this week or next when I take a day to walk in the moutains. So back to the hospital. There is a university and hospital in one. This is pretty big for Mali.
Let me take a step to the right and talk about the players involved. Dr. Malick Kone. Enough said. A man to admire. He is the Director of GAIA VF in Mali. Malick comes from a family devoted to the medical industry. The man does it all, he works one on one with all the volunteers to accomplish each important mission, and thats just the beginning. Rajiv Kumar is the co-founder and director of Adopt a Doctor. He is a second year medical student at Brown University. They bring doctors from surrounding communities with a small donation to visit clinics in small villages such as Sikoro to treat HIV patients once a week. Check out his link for Adopt a Doctor. Jared Meshekow is the founder of GAIA at Boston University. He is in charge of teahcing doctors a program called Lab Tracker. This is a program which allows for the tracking of HIV-positive patients, medication usage, lab-results, and other relevant medical data. So now, off we go to Dr. Daou's office. He is a fast-paced man, I like that. He has a profile of Martin Luther King, and the same sense of mission as well. As I said before he is the head doctor for infectious diseases in Mali. Talk about a man with a dream. Nothing seems to be impossible for him. So hand in hand, Malick, Rajiv, Jared, and Dr. Daou attack. A slow well planned out attack. Where to bring doctors to treat, what doctors to use, and Jared persistently checking on Lab Tracker to make sure that the patients that are treated are documented. This was a rewarding experience to wittness. Once again another resolution.
