A Day In The Life...

Monday, May 29, 2006

Border Health Project


This weekend a critical mass of med students, residents, docs, and undergrads joined forces and put on a clinic for the migrant worker inhabitants of a canyon near Del Mar. We had a great turnout and helped out a ton of people. My spanish is getting pretty good too!

Border Health Project is a new organization that we put together to better serve the populations on both sides of the border that are in need and have little access to health care. Check us out at our website (it's pretty simple, I know) at borderhealthproject.blogspot.com

Saturday, May 06, 2006

Moral Dilemma on Isle Six

There has been a severe lack in updates on my blog, and I can only blame myself... So I am going to try and be a bit more dillagent.

Yesterday marked Cinco De Mayo and as my roomate put it:
I may have to take multiple classes on being a "culturally competent" doctor, but that will not stop me from exploiting the great culture of our brothers from the tastier parts of the North Americas.
So indeed that is what was done, with tamales, carne asada burritos, and more forms of cheep tequilla than the village borracho has tried. Please reference the previous post for the party invitaiton.

As for morality and dilemmas that ensue, as I was in Henry's Marketplace buying ice and such for the party I happened to find an envelope. Upon opening it I discovered it was full of 50 and 100 dollar bills in a staggering amount. Clearly this was well over $1,000. I turned to the cashiers and people in line and asked them if they recognized the evelope (sans showing them the money) and when they all said no, I ran over to Danny and Marissa getting supplies declaring my dilemma.

Sure enough, after relayign the details to them I saw a man with a ghost-white face looking around as if he had just been kicked in the balls. I immediately gave him the envelope and in appreciation he bought me a pack of beer...

Thursday, May 04, 2006

Cinco De Mayo

We study hard in medical school...


 
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