FEB-A-3
OUR FURTHER
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FINAL PREPARATION FOR DEPARTURE,
INCLUDING A “WISH LIST” FROM OUR HOSTING
INSTITUTIONS
FOR DRUGS AND SUPPLIES THAT CANNOT BE PROCURED
WITHIN THE SHORT ORDER BEFORE DEPARTURE
January 28,
2004
OK, we
may have to try to crack the storage of the medical supplies, and carry out
SOME suture (I had also promised Embangweni the part of it they would have got
if I had gone there this winter,) and whatever else fits after the MAP
packs are figured in. I had got a Sportsman's Guide sale on duffel bags,
but it is too short a notice to get them here in time.
I
have a few supplies of very recent journals, particularly in surgery, and I
have my Surgery text "Study of Surgery" stashed in the attic (now
trashed by the construction and without electrical connection to the lights
needed to find the boxes. But books and journals are heavy, and I would
like to take one each to the institutions we will visit and not more.
Ketamine
is certainly not an "over the counter" drug, and we will have to see
what they have available locally in the hospitals that we will be working
in. Are we staying in Addis on the way IN? Hang on to my licenses
and BNDD and DEA for the purposes of not getting busted as international drug traffickers.
Saddam has already taken the luxury suite in the lock-up.
I
have a neighbor at Derwood, a large industrious family, named Asfaw Fantu from
I
will entrust you to hang on to my tickets and passport with yours so that you
do not have to make a special run over here to drop them. make a copy to
be left behind, so I can be reached. Do you have the Hotel Mansour's
phone, fax or email address?
I
sent you the formal invitations on Gondor, and I am still stymied by the lack
of retrievability of the slides and other data I need to retrieve from Derwood
storage. I will try again by whatever glimmer of light of day.
OK
on the IAD transit. I might like to bring my car down to GWU and store it
in the Ross hall garage (since I am paying a daily fee anyway!) and we can get
one or more of the three offers of transport to IAD for drop-off, a straight
shot out 66 from here to there--probably around 6:00 PM. I would need the
transport since, 1) I do not like to leave a vehicle at IAD parked and
vulnerable for three weeks at just under $200; 2) I will need a car here on my
return without much in the way of baggage in this direction, and I can
accomplish that by the Washington Flyer to W Falls Church and Metro in; 3) we
need capacity to cart out to IAD the MAP boxes and luggage (typically packed at
just under 35 lb per box, with a threesome constituting an order.) So one and
one half of our total bag allowance for check in will be drugs, and I am
willing to stuff my personal gear (about 30 pounds without books) into a
conjoint bag to make room for more of the stuffings of OR goods and
expendables. I already have my light carry-on backpack filled (Mostly
sensitive film and computer with discs and adaptors), so my check-in
requirements are one half bag--one quarter of my allowance. Top up the
rest ad lib.
Did
you pop your first Lariam, or are you going to wait to hallucinate on the
flight?
Cheers!
GWG
>>> kevin bergman <kbergman@yahoo.com> 01/26/04 07:40PM
>>>
saad called and said that the attatched documents had
been previously prepared for another sponsor and that
their priorities were the few listed in the text.
1. id say we should round up all of the suture we can.
i have a bit here, and it might be worth digging in
derwood.
any ideas on locating some ketamine? if not, hopefully
it will be accessible in adis or hargeisa.
2. packing: when should we do the packing party?
beforehand we need to buy 6 big duffel bags: 70lb
limit x 2 per person with 62" total dimensions each.
know any army-navy surplus stores? juan may be able to
take care of this item..
3. our passports are at the ethiopian embassy getting
their appropriate visas. should be back wed or thurs.
they are also preparing a letter for us regarding
carrying in supplies for gondor/adis.
4. bought tix today. dr. glenn, you flight to gondor
is 7am on 16 feb and returns on 18 feb in the pm. then
you have 3 days in adis for fistula and mother teresa
and return (leave and get to iad) on the 22nd. i think
your ethiopian air flights are pretty changeable. your
total was $1385, on your amex. jay, yours is $1549.
5. saad noor would like to meet with you/us one more
time if possible later in the week.
6. lets discuss transport on sunday nite. my
girlfriend wanted to take me there as did juan for him
- our flight leaves at 9:40p (jay, yours leaves at
4:25p from sfo).
kevin
--- Glenn Geelhoed <msdgwg@gwumc.edu> wrote:
> I do not have the supplies they request (especially
> not a dated drug like Ketamine) and cannot get them
> at this late date. You might see what MAP has, but
> we cannot tailor make up an order within the days
> before departure.
>
> I may have some suture, but like everything else it
> may be all but irretrievable in the storage and mess
> of the renovatoin.
>
> You are planning to add--at your expense--a safari
> to the tourist parks you can do any time in
> Kenya--to substitute for the sponsored, guided, and
> free "inside" tour of a place that is truly "once in
> a lifetime?" Go figure!
>
> I got a call form Juan whcih tells me you did not
> find the passport photo I indicated for you was in
> the returend book on the Somaliland brief that i
> said could get stapled on the applicatoin with my
> card.
>
> I have tried to make arangements for the Sunday drop
> off at Dulles.
>
> GWG
>
> >>> kevin bergman <kbergman@yahoo.com> 01/25/04
> 10:38PM >>>
> team,
> here are the items most needed for our mission as
> identified by the health ministry.
>
> dr. glenn, do you have suture material and ketamine
> on
> hand?
>
> also, the tickets will be purchased tomorrow. dr
> glenn
> i have you returning on sunday 1/22 from adis. due
> to
> the cost and time constraints on juan and our kenya
> portion, we have decided to forgo gondor. ill call
> you
> tomorrow.
> kevin
>
> Note: forwarded message attached.
>
>
>
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