This was my final evening at KSN Hospital, and this is the end of my India blog for 2024. As always I have had a wonderful time here with my adoptive family. This year I have enjoyed some additional company… Continue reading

On the first leg of my journey home, sat in the beautiful gardens of the Baptist Missionary Hostel once again. I was waiting for an Indian friend to arrive before going out for a meal together. As I waited, I… Continue reading

I had just sat down outside to try and clean the layers of dust off my trainers when I spotted these two girls walking towards my bungalow from the direction of Marshal Duar Girls Hostel.  As they got closer I… Continue reading

One of the hospital staff visited me in my bungalow to invite me to his daughter’s birthday celebrations. I was not over enthusiastic about going, but I went along with Arka from the lab, and his wife, Preema. When we… Continue reading

This lady is called Bency, and she coordinated my whole trip to CMC Vellore, arranging the visits to the different departments I had asked to see.  She is so calm and never loses that smile, so she kept my time… Continue reading

This is where I have been staying during my time in Vellore. The room is spacious with two armchairs and a desk chair – my family will know the significance of that. The main meals have all been very tasty… Continue reading

This dog was sat in the middle of the road, admiring the same view that I was looking at yesterday morning. We were outside Alumni house where I was staying, in the grounds of the old part of CMC Vellore,… Continue reading

Because the Nursing Training School dining room is catering on a huge scale – 100 meals every mealtime – when we have luchi, the deep-fried flatbread, it is often limp and flat. This is the perfect luchi, crisp and puffed… Continue reading

That is a quote from Jeremiah, but we were on another trip to sample the singara, cha and beguni from Dakini. As we sat waiting for our refreshments, I was struck by the plumes of thick black smoke issuing from… Continue reading

Yesterday was very full, with the 25 First Year nursing students coming to the lab to see the cultures growing from their nose swabs, and a host of other  microbiological delights. Thankfully they did not all come at once and… Continue reading