Surgeon in the Village Bartelme Tony
Surgeon in the Village Bartelme Tony A "lyrical, inspirational" story of doctors who changed the health care of an African nation (Tom Brokaw, author of The Greatest Generation)Dr. Haydom Lutheran…
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Surgeon in the Village Bartelme Tony
A "lyrical, inspirational" story of doctors who changed the health care of an African nation (Tom Brokaw, author of The Greatest Generation)Dr. Haydom Lutheran Hospital lacks even the most basic surgical tools, not even a saw to open a patient's skull. Dilan Ellegala arrives in Tanzania, shocked to find the entire country has just three brain surgeons for its population of forty-two million.
When confronted with a villager suffering from a severe head trauma, Dilan buys a tree saw from a farmer, sterilizes it, and then uses it to save the man's life.Yet Dilan realizes that there are far too many neurosurgery patients for one person to save, and of course he will soon be leaving Tanzania. Here, people with head injuries or brain tumors heal on their own or die. He needs to teach someone his skills.
He identifies a potential student in Emmanuel Mayegga, a stubborn