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Lisa Searle is a medical doctor from Tasmania, who is on her first field placement with Médecins Sans Frontières in Pakistan.  Since March 2010, Lisa has been working in the Balochistan province. In this blog, she describes the obstacles and successes she and the team face providing healthcare in one of the most challenging environments in which Médecins Sans Frontières works.

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Nappies and other such hardships

How can it be that the most stressful part of my week is the lack of nappies in the hospital? It sounds crazy, that the most difficult thing I have had to deal with is a stock rupture of nappies. Every day, in fact most days more...

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28/08/2010 Pakistan

Life …and death… in Balochistan

So, here I am, working in Balochistan in Pakistan. Me, a young doctor from the small town of Scottsdale, Tasmania (it’s ok, not many people have heard of it!). And to be honest, Pakistan is not a place I ever really thought I...

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25/08/2010 Pakistan