Thursday, 10 February 2011

You know you're at Teule when...

  • Problems with water and power are discussed for longer in meetings than patients are.
  • Water is much more difficult to find than Coke.
  • Dairy products are not part of your diet.
  • A woman with a fan strapped to her head is viewed as socially acceptable.
  • You get told off for being too quick.
  • You get laughed at for wearing flip-flops. (used only for showers)
  • Most minor surgery is done without any anaesthesia.
  • Men need to wear trousers 5x too big to carry their hydroceles/inguinal hernias.
  • White people are stared at more than those with massively swollen lower limbs. (parasites)
  • Fractures are commonly due to falling out of coconut trees.
  • 100 patients at one outpatient clinic, 100 blood slides for malaria every day, 100 ways to say hello! (almost)
  • You can play with random children without being asked if you have a Disclosure Scotland.
  • Relatives wait constantly outside, sometimes sucking mango stones.
  • You pray for rain.
  • I am the 6th most qualified person.

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