The "PNG Postcards from the Field" Blog are daily entries made by Dr. Anya Gushchin during her trip to a remote and underserved community in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea in which more than 100 people have been found with an only recently described, possibly genetic syndrome causing complete ptosis -- an inability to open their eyelids that starts in their 30s-40s.
Postmark July 28, 2015
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The team returned to Mingende after our expedition to Mount Wilhelm. It was a bittersweet day. We knew we had to say goodbye to our patients as we discharge them home on postoperative day 5. We also had to say goodbye to the staff. Dr. Maggie had
Postmark July 26, 2015
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As a much needed team building exercise at the end of our busy surgical week, we borrowed a truck from Callan and drove Northeast toward Mount Wilhelm where for the next two days we tested our ability to layer and climb the highest point in Oceania!
Postmark July 25, 2015
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Early start this morning to see all of our postops and discharge most of them to their homes with return in one week to see Dr. Maggie. When we went to round on the ward patients, I realized just what a blessing Dr. Maggie has been to be at this
Postmark July 24, 2015
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Our last surgical day and we met over breakfast for a “tough cases” surgical conference. Over the course of the week in addition to many patients with drooping lids, we also saw several patients with orbital masses and a young woman with
Postmark July 23, 2015
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Happy Remembrance Day! Today was a major holiday in PNG, honoring the 66th anniversary of PNG and Australian resistance of invading Japanese forces. When we initially scheduled our visit, we had hoped that the dates would be ok for the patients and