Death of a fistula patient

On top of Kadi's death the same week we sadly lost a fistula patient to infection, the first in several hundred operated patients this year. She had a bad fistula and the reconstruction part of the operation could not be completed at the time of the dissection. A virulent bacteria got in during the intervening days which festered and didn’t respond to antibiotics. I was very glad that on site we had an unprecedented 3 experienced surgeons, an experienced resuscitation doctor, and also an exceptionally good ward sister. Usually I am on my own with the sister.