Nasara (Paperback)

James Appel MD

ISBN 10: 1461074975 / ISBN 13: 9781461074977

Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2011

About this Item

Paperback. 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" This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Nasara (Paperback)
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1461074975
• ISBN 13: 9781461074977
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

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

About the Author

James Appel, MD graduated from the Loma Linda University School of Medicine in 2000 and then completed a three year residency in Family Practice at the Ventura County Medical Center in California. He spent seven years as the only doctor at the Béré Adventist Hospital directly responsible for the health care of over 150,000 Chadians. He is also the Chad country director for the NGO Adventist Health International which runs over 20 hospitals in Africa and the rest of the developing world. When he's not saving lives in Africa he likes to surf, eat Mexican food, and drive his orange VW Vanagan.