A medical technologist in central Africa; Peace Corps service in a hospital laboratory in Zaire included teaching medical technology in French and splitting dipsticks in half to stretch supplies.

From: Medical Laboratory Observer | Date: June 1, 1986| Author: Graden, Mary K. | Copyright information

A medical technologist in central Africa

Peace Corps service enticed us with a promise of adventure. More important, my husband and I wanted to use our skills--his as a chemist, mine as a medical technologist--to help people in a developing country. Then came the disappointing news: We learned that a medical technologist would be difficult to place.

Most developing countries lack the necessary support technology, the Peace Corps recruiter explained. He suggest...

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