(By Dr Sue Catling)
So most casualty depts. have a plethora of signs over the door : no smoking, no hot drinks, no mobile phones etc.
Phebe hospital has this one...
.......no AK47s , no bullets.
So we had a good laugh and took a photo, and we were already imagining the various lectures/talks where this could be added in as a hilarious “funny slide” (every good lecture needs one!)
Then we saw this ....
It’s the graves of the 3 doctors who were shot by the rebels when they swept through Phebe. It’s right at the front of the hospital, beautifully cared for and manicured . Apparently Mr Fassah, the Head Anaesthetic Nurse, led his colleagues and students into the bush to hide. They survived to come back and try to remake everything that was destroyed.
Hmmm....no AK47s in A&E indeed.
Not funny after all.