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A physician’s elective rotation in Rhodesia

An excerpt from Close to the Sun: The Journey of a Pioneer Heart Surgeon. In the third year of medical school, we were granted a three-month elective, during which we were encouraged to work at another hospital or in some…

An excerpt from Close to the Sun: The Journey of a Pioneer Heart Surgeon.

In the third year of medical school, we were granted a three-month elective, during which we were encouraged to work at another hospital or in some medically related endeavor to broaden our experience. Most people went overseas. I went back to Rhodesia. I found a cheap air ticket on a charter plane, which left from …

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A physician’s elective rotation in Rhodesia