Year: 1994 Setting: Port Moresby General Hospital, Papua New Guinea Position: Chief medical officer for Chevron Oil Co. The wife of an expatriate employee has …
Author: Yann Meunier
Adjustment is the Achilles heel of overseas ventures
Year: 1986 Place: Lome, Togo Position: Consultant in tropical diseases, Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital in Paris I have been sent to West Africa by a French multinational …
AIDS in France
Year: 1987 Setting: Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital in Paris, France Position: Specialist in tropical diseases I am a consultant in tropical diseases at the Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital in …
Japanese encephalitis in China
Year: 1988 Setting: Electricite de France clinic at Daya Bay, China Position: Resident physician A Japanese encephalitis epidemic has struck southern China and I am …
Vanity of vanities, all is vanity
Year: 2002 Setting: Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore Position: Private general practitioner I am the first and only non-Anglo-Saxon, foreign, private general practitioner in the city-state and …
The human condition
Year: 1979 Setting: George Washington University Hospital Position: Intern In sharing my global health background, I would be remiss if I did not talk about …
Dengue fever in New Caledonia
Year: 1989 Setting: We, island of Lifou, New Caledonia Position: Private general practitioner An epidemic of hemorrhagic dengue fever has struck the New Caledonia archipelago. …
Brain drain
Year: 1986 Setting: Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France Position: Assistant professor in tropical diseases It is my sixth year of teaching tropical diseases …
General practice in rural France
Year: 2001 Setting: Mauvezin, France Position: Private general practitioner I have been living in Singapore for six years, but this year I have spent my …
Air communication network and medical emergencies
Year: 1993 Setting: Ambulance in the Southern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea Position: Chief medical officer for Chevron I am in an ambulance on …
Curative medicine and public health
Year: 1993 Setting: Chevron hospital in Papua New Guinea Position: Chief medical officer I have been working in Papua New Guinea for one month and …
A pesky tropical rash
Year: 1980 Setting: Beach in Martinique Position: Tropical diseases specialist, Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital, Paris It is my first summer holiday after joining the tropical diseases department …
A new lifestyle
Year: 1988 Setting: Lifou Island, New Caledonia Position: Private general practitioner It is the wedding season and almost every weekend I am invited by a …
No respite for the weary
Year: 1998 Setting: Yi villages, Yunnan province, China Position: Medical mission leader It is about one week before Christmas and we have been working in …
When your worst wish comes true and it makes you better
Year: 1983 Setting: Ikoyi branch of the St. Francis Hospital in Lagos, Nigeria Position: Private general practitioner About 70 percent of my patients are locals, …
When your best is not enough
Year: 1994 Setting: Chevron Hospital in Papua New Guinea Position: Chief medical officer There are a few villagers living near the hospital, and often kids …