Wednesday August 20th the team visited coast general teaching and referral hospital’s breast clinic. We shadowed Dr. Maryam a breast surgeon as she did examinations and follow up appointments with women. We took the same observational approach that we mastered while doing needs finding in the OR or emergency department. As patients and doctors spoke between English and Swahili it was a bit difficult to follow however Dr. Maryam was thorough in answering our questions. It was

Tuesday August 19th the team visited Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital. We demonstrated our prototype to the CEO of the hospital and received lots of positive feedback. We the interviewed the head of the pathology department Dr. Irene, whom works closely with breast cancer patients. She explained how the referral system in Kenya works and the team drew comparisons between Kenya and Uganda. We also interviewed an oncologist and toured the chemo and radiation treatm

On Monday August 18th the team visited the International Center for Reproductive Health in Mombasa, Kenya whom are our hosts while here in country. We demonstrated our prototype to Dr. Kishor and Lou Derrick and discussed the potential benefits across the field of medicine. We also spoke with Dr. Shana Jivaji a seasoned pathologist whom gave us great insight into FNAC for various disease states.