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I've blogged a lot about my extracurricular activities, I've noticed, although the majority of my time has been spent at the clinic. Part of the reason for this is out of respect for the patients, I don't want to post a bunch of pictures of all the incredible thing's I'm seeing and doing. My experience at the clinic so far, however, has been remarkable, extremely exciting, very busy, and quite a bit of (enjoyable) work.

The usual sight during rounds: family members peering in the ajar ward windows.

A baby sleeps in a hammock hung between two inpatient beds. A sight I have yet to see around any US hospitals.

With four operating tables in the room, sometimes they nearly butt up against each other.

Note how close the two spotlights, and therefore patients, are to each other.

 - Warning: images of more explicit nature below -

Then there's the part of being around medicine that is so cool and impressive because of the shear power and ingenuity of medicine and technology. 

Difficult reduction of radius fracture and dislocation. Surgery was complicated by the late presentation (around 10 weeks).

A large tumor necessitated disarticulation at the hip joint. The leg is being preserved for dissection.