num_pages: 222
description: 30 year old Dr. James Appel leaves the comforts of home in the US to work as the only doctor in a floundering district hospital in the Republic of Chad. As a general practitioner he is faced with having to attempt things way beyond his level of comfort and training. Share the frustration sorrow pain joy triumph of living life in a totally different culture where patients often prefer to go see the witch doctor or traditional bone setter before coming to the hospital and where death is a daily occurrence. Dr. Appel shares his experiences in riveting first person narrative written originally as blogs sent over a satellite phone from a village without telephones water or electricity. Dr. Appel's commitment takes him from highs to lows over the course of three years as he struggles to bring health care to a desperate community while going on his own spiritual journey. Also available from James Appel MD Children of the East: the Spiritual Heritage of Islam in the Bible www.createspace.com/3603603
language: English
title: Nasara: Dispatches from a District Hospital in Chad
publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform