Part I: Chronicles, culture shocks of ‘village surgeon’

Stethoscope in the hands of a doctor [Courtesy]

My first book, The Chronicles of a Village Surgeon, captures my experiences in rural parts of Kenya, which I will share in a two-part series.

After my training and landing a job in rural Kenya, I would often get frustrated at how a simple disease like acute appendicitis would sometimes frustrate me. The classical textbook appendix patient seemed to elude more often than emerge.