by Rei Guo | Jul 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
Last weekend was truly a weekend of adventures. But before that, I had an interesting week at Niños Hospital. Like I mentioned in my previous blog, we were seeing the admitted patients. We were able to see the hospital’s long-term EEG machine since a patient...
by Alexandra | Jul 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
Welcome back! This week, we got to see more admitted patients with Dr. Bogantes. One of the cases that sticks out to me was a little boy in the continuous monitoring unit. He has a severe case of epilepsy that requires him to be monitored with an EEG machines 24/7. It...
by Apple Lee | Jul 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
Welcome back! This past week at the hospital was another one of the inpatient weeks where Dr. Bogantes checks up on admitted patients in the children’s hospital. Most notably, we visited a patient in the epilepsy monitoring unit. This specialized unit monitors...
by cg161 | Jul 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hi everyone, I hope all is well on the home front! Last week was a lot of fun! I made some strong headway on my project at Medevice, even though it was a short week, and had an even more exciting weekend in Diani. First, I have optimized and printed the second of my...
by Luisanny | Jul 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
This past week was yet another very successful week. We officially wrapped up our final side project of the summer. Earlier in the program, we spoke with the head of the breast cancer prevention center here in the hospital, and he brought up a severe issue facing...
by Emma Kirchhoff | Jul 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
Welcome back y’all! I have completed my seventh week in Nairobi and have been making progress on my Medevice project slowly but surely. This past week, a short week for me due to a long weekend trip, I have continued testing my breadboarded circuits and my...
by Malcolm Williams | Jul 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
This is the 6th week in Brazil and despite material ordering complication we have finally confirmed the shipment we needed to order for our main project. Other than dealing with ordering complications we have completed another project that focuses on improving...
by Jasmine Ferrarer | Jul 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog. This week, I will be talking about the progress I’ve made on my Drop Access project, some Swahili phrases I’ve learned during my time in Kenya, and fun activities I did with friends last weekend. During the past week at...
by Connor Bly | Jul 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hello again to all who read, Last week marked the halfway point here in Costa Rica for the GMI program summer experience. It’s hard to believe I’ve been here for 5 weeks already but they’ve been full of adventure and learning so I can’t wait...
by Rei Guo | Jul 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
I can’t believe it’s already Week Six of my time at Hospital de Niños! Last week we sat in on Dr. Bogantes’s outpatient consultations again, but this week we’re back to inpatient. Both of these experiences are great, but I do prefer going...
