Week 5/6 Highlights

6.11.13
I have been able to learn a lot in the past few days.  I attended a lecture on asthma and was able to get a refresher on the treatments based on which step a patient was on.  Some of the brand names for the drugs were different, but the treatments are the same in Ghana as that of the USA.  The lecture was very interactive, as pharmacy interns who are preparing to take their licensing exams soon were bouncing ideas back and forth to make sure everyone was on the same page.

The other day a woman came into the pharmacy with her baby.  The baby had really big bumps on his face and the woman wanted to buy something to help the bumps go away.  I had never seen anything like it!  It was really sad because you could see that the baby was suffering.  The mother did not have enough money to buy medication for the baby so one of the employees helped pay for it.  We strongly advised the woman to take the baby to the hospital for a more appropriate diagnosis.