A trip to India is not complete unless someone gets sick. And, seeing as this time the team consists of two people native to India, and one who is not, Erin was the lucky one to get sick.
This morning the team had planned to go to Osmania Medical College to speak with a cardiologist and MBBS students who do temporary pacemakers. They had planned to meet the car around 9:30 so they could get to the hospital by 10:30. Erin had made it downstairs, but had not been feeling the greatest all night and was still not feeling too great this morning, so she decided it would be best if she stayed back for the day. Since Shruthi was leaving later in the day for Chennai to visit her grandparents, she decided to stay back with Erin and make sure she was okay. Also, since she was going to be leaving in the afternoon, she made sure all the staff at the hotel knew that Erin was not feeling well and that they should keep checking up on her throughout the day. And this they did.
Since neither Erin or Shruthi were able to go to Osmania, Dhananjay was on his own with Naresh for the morning. He met with Dr. Imamuddin at Osmania and learned about how they do temporary pacing and the difficulties they have. He also presented some of our potential ideas and was able to gauge his interest and potential willingness to adapt. Because Dr. Imamudin was a little busy, Dhananjay was only able to sit and talk with him for about 30 minutes; however when they finished, he was able to speak with two patients who had received temporary pacing and learn a little bit more about their procedure, their limitations, and how they came to the hospital.
After Osmania, Dhananjay returned to the hotel and checked up on Erin who had been resting and sleeping all morning. Dhananjay was also tired and, since there were no other meetings for the day, went to his room to take a nap. The rest of the day was spent catching up on sleep and relaxing so that hopefully they both felt well enough to go do some site seeing on their day off tomorrow.
This morning the team had planned to go to Osmania Medical College to speak with a cardiologist and MBBS students who do temporary pacemakers. They had planned to meet the car around 9:30 so they could get to the hospital by 10:30. Erin had made it downstairs, but had not been feeling the greatest all night and was still not feeling too great this morning, so she decided it would be best if she stayed back for the day. Since Shruthi was leaving later in the day for Chennai to visit her grandparents, she decided to stay back with Erin and make sure she was okay. Also, since she was going to be leaving in the afternoon, she made sure all the staff at the hotel knew that Erin was not feeling well and that they should keep checking up on her throughout the day. And this they did.
Since neither Erin or Shruthi were able to go to Osmania, Dhananjay was on his own with Naresh for the morning. He met with Dr. Imamuddin at Osmania and learned about how they do temporary pacing and the difficulties they have. He also presented some of our potential ideas and was able to gauge his interest and potential willingness to adapt. Because Dr. Imamudin was a little busy, Dhananjay was only able to sit and talk with him for about 30 minutes; however when they finished, he was able to speak with two patients who had received temporary pacing and learn a little bit more about their procedure, their limitations, and how they came to the hospital.
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| Sunset view from the hotel window this evening |
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