Week of April 2, 2011
Surgeon Shortage
Bonnie Allen/World Vision Report
Orthopedic surgeon Patrick Sekimpi repairs a broken leg inside an operating room in Kampala, Uganda.
Description
Uganda is desperately in need of surgeons. In a country of 32 million inhabitants, there are only about 100 surgeons, and accident victims wait weeks or months for critical operations. As Bonnie Allen reports, one reason for the shortage is that medical students in Uganda are increasingly choosing to work in the better paying field of HIV and AIDS.
