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

by Tony Bartelme and Carin Hoek-Ellegala

Book Overview

A "lyrical, inspirational" story of doctors who changed the health care of an African nation (Tom Brokaw, author of The Greatest Generation)

Dr. Dilan Ellegala arrives in Tanzania, shocked to find the entire country has just three brain surgeons for its population of forty-two million. Haydom Lutheran Hospital lacks even the most basic surgical tools, not even a saw to open a patient's skull. Here, people with head injuries or...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807044881
• ISBN13: 9780807044889
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

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Amazing book about brain surgery in the African bush.