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A Surgeon in the Village: An American Doctor Teaches Brain Surgery in Africa

Tony Bartelme

Hardcover | Pages: 288 pages

Rating: 4.33 | 148 Users | 37 Reviews

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Title	:	A Surgeon in the Village: An American Doctor Teaches Brain Surgery in Africa
Author	:	Tony Bartelme
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 288 pages
Published	:	March 28th 2017 by Beacon Press (first published October 13th 2015)
Categories	:	Nonfiction. Cultural. Africa. Biography. Health. Medicine. Medical

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After thirteen years of medical school, learning to be a neurosurgeon, Dr. Dylan Ellegala is suffering from severe burnout. He decides to take six months to determine where he wants to go next with his career, and decides to go to Tanzania as a visiting doctor. He finds the country has only three brain surgeons for its population of forty two million. Lack even the basic supplies of surgery and where many die from conditions that could be corrected by even the most basic surgery. While here he must improvise, using a tree saw from a farmer and saves a man's life. There are other things he will change while here but the most important is the realization that these visiting doctors will leave, himself included and the country will be no better off. He realizes that if he teaches even basic surgery to the medical clerks that have the right attitude, willingness to learn and the stamina to succeed, he will have accomplished much more than he set out to do.


Such a wonderfully enlightening story, not just about the conditions in these forgotten countries, where there is so much sickness and so few doctors, but about the medical establishment as a whole. As the book notes, in my own country, trade groups and researchers incorrectly forecasted a doctor surplus. Our illustrious and knowledgeable Congress (please recognize this as sarcasm) put a cap on residency slots. Of course, as they often do, they made the situation much worse, because now by the year 2020, my country will have an estimated deficit of ninety thousand doctors. Appalling. So what do we do? We recruit them from other countries that need these doctors much more than we do, we save money from the doctors we don't have to train, and of course their salaries are much higher here. Please note: the U tied States is not the only country doing this.)

So enlightening this book, well told and as with any book about social injustice, made me extremely angry. I gained much more from this book than I originally anticipated when I chose it to read.

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Publishes March 28th by Beacon Press.

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Original Title:	Send Forth The Healing Sun: The unexpected true story about teaching brain surgery in the African bush
ISBN:	0807044881 (ISBN13: 9780807044889)
Edition Language:	English

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Very inspiring!

A Surgeon in the Village tells three interconnected stories in a readable, exciting, fashion. First, the personal story of Dilan Ellegala who, born in Sri Lanka, traveled to South Dakota when he was six. He grew up there with a fixed desire to become a doctor. After years of school, he arrived at a neurovascular fellowship at Harvard Medical School. At the end of this training, he had job offers from several major neurosurgical centers He decided to postpone starting his practice for six months.

This book was incredible, such an inspiration to me. I am looking forward to when this book is made into a movie. Amazing writing and a story I will never forget, of human compassion and wisdom.

It was not an easy read but it is an amazing story.

The book was outstanding, fantastic, inspirational! A must read again and again! Btw, thanks Goodreads for giving this book to me free of charge. The federal government is now headed by a jackass so I must keep writing this in my giveaway reviews.

The basic premise of this book is simple: that while sending 'Global North' doctors into 'Global South' countries might help close (barely) treatment gaps in the short term, in the long term it leaves local residents reliant on the whims of wealthier people in wealthier nations. Bartelme follows an American neurosurgeon who sought to change the model by training a Tanzanian man to perform brain surgery, effectively having him skip med school and just learn the nuts and bolts.I admit to being

After thirteen years of medical school, learning to be a neurosurgeon, Dr. Dylan Ellegala is suffering from severe burnout. He decides to take six months to determine where he wants to go next with his career, and decides to go to Tanzania as a visiting doctor. He finds the country has only three brain surgeons for its population of forty two million. Lack even the basic supplies of surgery and where many die from conditions that could be corrected by even the most basic surgery. While here he