https://sloeffeler.com/2014/02/08/the-philippines-after-yolanda-on-my-first-mission-with-the-red-cross/https://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_5884.jpgIMG_5884Our first day in the camp on the beach. It will turn out to be one of the very few days without continuous and torrential rains. Happily, when this picture was taken, we were quite oblivious to future developmentshttps://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sanjuanico_bridge.jpgsanjuanico_bridgeThe San Juanico Bridge, connecting Leyte to Samarhttps://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_1876.jpgIMG_1876temporary shelters and tents in Baseyhttps://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_1834.jpgIMG_1834Ramshackle shelters along the road to Basey (with courtesy of Alvina Lee, Hong Kong)https://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_5872.jpgIMG_5872Our first glimpse of Basey from the air, before we land in Taclobanhttps://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/activetrack.gifactivetrackThe path of typhoon Yolanda https://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/leyte-map.gifleyte-mapThe islands of Leyte and Samar. The Norwegian Field Hospital is deployed to Basey, Samarhttps://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_5866.jpgIMG_5866At my hotel room in Manila, waiting to move on to Basey2018-02-15T16:20:21+00:00monthlyhttps://sloeffeler.com/2016/09/11/the-front-line-guide-to-prostate-cancer-part-2-psa/https://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/godarted.jpggodartedhttps://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/aggressiv-cancer.jpgAggressiv cancerhttps://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/stamey.jpgStameyhttps://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/prostatacancer-lc3a6ring-mestring.jpgprostatacancer Læring-Mestring2018-02-15T16:17:45+00:00monthlyhttps://sloeffeler.com/2016/05/04/the-earth-quake-in-nepal-looking-back/https://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/delta-team.jpgDelta Teamhttps://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/surgeon-leaves-2.jpgSurgeon leaves 2https://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p6010598.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p6130692.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/chautara-team.jpgChautara Teamhttps://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p6020617.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p60106071.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p6010593.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p5310563.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p6010588.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2018-07-09T07:26:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sloeffeler.com/2014/02/26/the-philippines-after-yolanda-part-1/https://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_58841.jpgOur first day in the camp on the beach. It will turn out to be one of the very few days without continuous and torrential rains. Happily, when this picture was taken, we were quite oblivious to future developmentshttps://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sanjuanico_bridge1.jpgThe San Juanico Bridge, connecting Leyte to Samarhttps://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_18761.jpgtemporary shelters and tents in Baseyhttps://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_58721.jpgOur first glimpse of Basey from the air, before we land in Taclobanhttps://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_18341.jpgRamshackle shelters along the road to Basey (with courtesy of Alvina Lee, Hong Kong)https://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/activetrack1.gifThe path of typhoon Yolanda https://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_58661.jpgAt my hotel room in Manila, waiting to move on to Baseyhttps://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/leyte-map1.gifThe islands of Leyte and Samar. The Norwegian Field Hospital is deployed to Basey, Samar2018-02-15T16:10:35+00:00monthlyhttps://sloeffeler.com/2016/04/16/prostate-cancer-for-dummies-part-1-basics/https://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/willet.jpgwillethttps://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/lc3b6ffeler-og-bent-hc3b8ie.jpgLöffeler og Bent Høie2018-02-15T16:06:28+00:00monthlyhttps://sloeffeler.com/2018/01/22/a-hundred-thousand-bethlehems/https://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/team.jpgTeamImpressions from the team on my rotation. Good people, local and expat, who I miss deeply. It has been an honour serving by their side.https://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/xmas.jpgXmasTo preserve your sanity under difficult circumstances you need a sense of humour and some normalcy. Top right: Third sunday in Advent celebration, Bottom left: Xmas decoration, Bottom middle: Crazy Santas, Bottom right: Xmas dinner https://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/collage-camp-life.jpgCollage Camp lifeSome photos of Base Camp. The formidable Brian Kit Wong from Hong Kong RC at the wash-your-troubles-away laundromat (Top), Pablo's fitness and spa showers (bottom left), Viking village with the tents (bottom middle) and the sunrise at the kitchen area (bottom right)https://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/galllow-stretch.jpgGalllow stretchI asked the local technicians for a stretching gallow, in case we reveived any thigh fractures in children. They build me this whopper! An entire bed with a gallow and an extra shelf for tools! I never saw it in action, but the team after us put it to good use. https://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/work.jpgWorkA normal day at work. A glimpse from the OT (top), ward rounds and dressing changes with duck tape (bottom left) and repositioning of fractures with Sigge, the Icelandic anesthesiologist and my brother in the OT (bottom right)https://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/20171231_093633_edited.jpgKids are kidsKids are kids. In the outskirts of the refugee camp, in a swampy rice paddy, they play soccer!https://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/20171229_174530.jpgERU Field HospitalThe main gate and the out-patient department at Rubber Garden Field Hospitalhttps://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/fb_img_1515619605246.jpgPediatric ward roundEvening ward round in the children's ward.: A definite cure for the anti-vacciners back homehttps://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/field-hospital-2.jpgField Hospital 2The lavish entrance to the operational theatre (OT)https://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/field-hospital-1.jpgField Hospital 1Patient transport is based on "strong people", a term regularly used on the radio calls (Photo: Jane Heggie)2018-02-03T23:02:26+00:00monthlyhttps://sloeffeler.com/2014/02/09/the-philippines-after-yolanda-part-2/https://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_5928.jpgIMG_5928Although the streets and a lot of the rubble has been cleared, the destructive force of Yolanda can still be witnessed all over Baseyhttps://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/1604960_10202846995045773_2133091641_n.jpg1604960_10202846995045773_2133091641_nOne of our little suites. Perfect and dry.https://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_5916.jpgIMG_5916The exodus from the tents and the scramble for the third floor of the hotelhttps://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_5898.jpgIMG_5898There is usually more pressure in the rain than in the showershttps://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_5911.jpgIMG_5911Our tents on the beach, battered by the rain and the waveshttps://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2242_drk_gbd9867_1mb.jpgPressereise Deutsches Rotes Kreuz e.V. auf die PhilippinenWard Roundshttps://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_19182.jpgIMG_1918Ward Roundshttps://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/140108_filippinene_d800_909.jpg140108_filippinene_d800_909from left to right: myself, Roland, Kirsti the anesthesiologist and Kirsti (OT nurse)https://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_2399.jpgIMG_2399Monica, the outspoken midwife, with "my" first childhttps://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_2402.jpgIMG_2402Some of the tumours are rather big.2016-05-05T09:13:11+00:00monthlyhttps://sloeffeler.com/2014/02/19/the-philippines-after-yolanda-part-3/https://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_6102.jpgIMG_6102https://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_5962.jpgIMG_5962The ICRC hospital team with international delegates and local staff. https://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/140107_filippinene_d800_094.jpg140107_filippinene_d800_094Team meeting back at the camp on one of the calm evenings without rain (photo by Norwegian Red Cross)https://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/140107_filippinene_d800_136.jpg140107_filippinene_d800_136Mario and his moment of fame in the Philippine Daily Inquirer (Photo by Norwegian Red Cross)https://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_5933.jpgIMG_5933Lindenne Anne on the day she is discharged from the hospitalhttps://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/140108_filippinene_d800_575.jpg140108_filippinene_d800_575The Norwegian foreign minister Børge Brende and general-secretaries of Norwegian and Philippine Red Cross Åse Havnelid and Richard Gordon pay us a visit. Here togetther with our local nursing staffhttps://sloeffeler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_6040.jpgIMG_6040St. Michael's Church in Basey, Samar, constructed in the 17th century by Spanish friars2016-05-05T09:12:21+00:00monthlyhttps://sloeffeler.com/2014/02/23/prostate-cancer-test-has-been-misused-for-money-claims-pathologist-richard-ablin-who-discovered-the-psa-antigen-40-years-ago/2016-05-05T09:10:55+00:00monthlyhttps://sloeffeler.com/about/2016-04-21T10:45:14+00:00weekly0.6https://sloeffeler.comdaily1.02018-07-09T07:26:12+00:00