a good trauma elective is at the Jo'burg general hospital. Friend of mine did it a few years back - said it was totally insane the volume of trauma cases. There were literally dozens of resuscitations taking place simultaneously - almost always due to gun-shot trauma. He saw one gentleman who had been shot twice in the abdomen by his best friend - he walked up behind him in his garden and shouted "boo" or whatever - and his mate "instinctively" swung round and shot him.

i was also told that under no circumstances are you allowed to leave the hospital alone - even to pop across the road to the shops. sounds like my kind of place!

its the elective i really want to do - but still got a few years to go yet before i get the chance!

check out www.medicstravel.org for elective info