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The Stethoscope and the Machete

My Journey Through the World of Humanitarian Medicine

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Category: Lumbini Medical College

Sometimes you meet people who just seem to get it. And when I say it, I don’t really know that I can define what it is, but it’s a feeling, a vocational entanglement to this life of service that can’t be explained. My one-month attachment at Lumbini Medical college in Nepal was an exercise in humility in the presence of the real heroes who help their people when so many others flee in search of more prosperous pastures. They are my inspiration. I can only hope to pass their stories along through these journals.

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In the Shadow

In the Shadow

By juan.lopez, April 20, 2025
Posted in: Lumbini Medical College

I’ve spoken a lot about the poor financial conditions for patients in Nepal, but there is another population here that falls victim to the same struggle which is hard for…

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In the Shadow
Probes and Codes

Probes and Codes

By juan.lopez, April 14, 2025
Posted in: Lumbini Medical College

When people talk about my work, they like to use the term global health. I am going to let you in on a secret. I don't like the term global…

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Probes and Codes
Mad as a Hatter, Hot as a Hare

Mad as a Hatter, Hot as a Hare

By juan.lopez, March 30, 2025
Posted in: Lumbini Medical College

There was only one medicine team on service at Lumbini Medical College. The team had one attending that rotated on a daily basis (sub-optimal, but commonplace in many low staffed…

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Mad as a Hatter, Hot as a Hare
Those Who Get It

Those Who Get It

By juan.lopez, March 23, 2025
Posted in: Lumbini Medical College

I always feel like a bit of an ass when people toot my horn about my marvelous career. Yes, I am blessed to have worked in a handful of very…

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Those Who Get It

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