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(1930 Thursday April 15, 2010)

This will be a short one, as tomorrow at the crack of dawn we all will be piling in a taxi or two (the taxis here are SO SMALL...) bound for Kantipur Dental College to our Conference, 1st Nepal Emergency Medicine Conference. We are very excited! It seems that it has grown quite a bit as we are getting closer to the date. Originally we were going to cap the registration at 100 participants, but there has been a surge of new inquiries in the last week as people have been working with the team at the hospital, and word of mouth has spread not only throughout Kathmandu, apparently, but to Pokhara and Dharan, etc. Dr. Gupta has invited the local news station to cover the event, and a few pharamaceutical companies have decided to sponsor a portion of the cost and display their literature at the venue. It seems Dr. Ramesh doesn't know how to say no to people, so we have about 140 people registered for the entire conference, lectures and simulation labs, and another 30 registered for just the lectures. No pressure! The gals and I went through our lectures and our lab simulations today, and I think we are more than ready.

I am really proud of each of these physicians, this team. They have worked very hard to prepare for their contribution to this conference, especially those that have complicated topics, and I am very pleased with the results. I hope they are taking this as seriously as I know the medical professionals of Nepal are, for to them this is a once in a lifetime experience to gain knowledge and skills from specialty-trained physicians who have spent years studying and practicing the topics that they themselves want so badly to learn. I think that the experience of the conference will be incredibly fulfilling for the team, and they are going to be very happy that they worked so hard to make it successful. Wish us luck tomorrow!

I don't have much time to write more, since I want to go over my slides a few more times before hitting the hay, but I wanted to put up some additional photos for you to enjoy in the meantime. These are not working pics, those are on my camera, and I still need to download them from the card, so those will come tomorrow. Enjoy these shots! We miss you all!

Sue/Team

(btw, I'm sorry Mrs. Kijac, that there were a few days gap between blogs... Pete says you were anxiously awaiting the next installment, and I hate to disappoint! Trust me that Pete and all of us are working and playing hard, being safe, and taking care. Thanks for following along!)