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Orotta Medical Center, Asmara 10 minutes from Asmara Airport |
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Affiliated with the Orotta School of Medicine, est 2004 |
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OMC includes Orotta Children’s Hospital (200 beds); Orotta Maternity Hospital (82 beds) and the Orotta Medical-Surgical Referral Hospital (60 beds) |
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45 FT physicians on staff |
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Broad range of medical and surgical diseases including GI, respiratory illnesses and malnutrition. Infectious diseases including TB, HIV/AIDS, some malaria. |
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Responsibilities: |
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Inpatient |
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Outpatient Subspecialty clinics |
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ER |
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Medical ICU |
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Present lectures/Medical student training |
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Optional call |
| Personnel Needed from: Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, Surgery
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| Length of Rotation: Minimum of six weeks, including travel from US
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| Logistics:
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Award amount: $3500 to residents; $4500 to career physicians |
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Shared lodging in private houses of Office of Legal Advisor’s staff and Yale law students when available; hotels in Asmara |
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Language requirements: English is widely spoken; Tigrigna, Arabic, Italian useful |
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Paperwork: Tourist Visa from Eritrean Embassy; medical practice permission form |
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Excluded dates: mid-December through mid-January |
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http://www.eritreanembassy.org |
Eritrea