Dr Paloma Jimenez, a resident neurosurgeon at Son Espases Hospital in Mallorca explains her experiences volunteering for an NGO in Zanzibar

1. OLUNTEERING IN NEUROSURGERY
experience in Tanzania with an NGO
ED
eurosurgery, Education and Development)
oma Jiménez Arribas

5. TANZANIA. BASIC INFORMATION
Population: 51.82 million
Is a presidential constitutional republic
Capital city: Dodoma, where government is located.
Dar es Salaam, is the country's largest city, principal port,
and leading commercial centre.
Religion: 79.8% Muslim (98% in Zanzibar), 14.2% Christian,
3.2 % follow traditional African religions.
British colony. Independence from the United Kingdom 1961
(Zanzibar 1963). Speak English, drive on the left.
Swahili and English are Tanzania's official languages.
Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, is in

12. The hospital
Ground floor: outpatient clinic. Rest room.
1st floor: ward (men, women and paediatric). 6 beds
each.
2nd floor: theater (2), recovery, warehouse.
CT scan: local hospital. MRI: Dar es salaam.

22. The team
2 Neurosurgeons. 1 resident.
1 anesthesist.
2 scrub nurses.
2 family doctors. 1 general surgery resident.
 2 anesthesists.
Nurses.
.

26. Procedures
Hidrocephalus
Nural tube defects.
Neurotrauma (brain and spine)
Degenerative spine.

32. TEACH

39. RHINO BUFFALO LION ELEPHANT LEOPARD

46. THANK YOU
And
happy Christmas