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I am finally home. Arrived at 2100 last night, but was too tired to do anything but find my own bed and my own pillow. Seeing and holding my wife was the best of all. Thanks for following me through India. I look forward to sharing pictures and stories with you all.

Travels Home

It is 1034 in Paris right now.  We arrived here from India about 0815 only to find that our flight from Paris to Minneapolis has been canceled.  So... We are now flying on Air France flight AF1740 from Paris to Amsterdam leaving at 1250 and arriving at 1405.  We then need to wait for our connecting flight from Amsterdam on Delta flight DL265  leaving at 1650 and arriving in Minneapolis at 1905 Thursday evening.  We will then be driving home from there.  So it looks like I won't be home until about 9 PM or so.   My am I going to be tired. I have only slept about 3-4 hours on the plane from India to Paris since 0800 Wednesday morning in India. Remember India is 10.5 hours ahead of MN. See you all soon

Time to Travel Home

It is 1830 India time on Wednesday. We are going to have a meeting at 1930, dinner at 2000, and travel to the airport at 2200. Most of us were up by 0800 this morning. Our first flight leaves Bangalore at 0150 Thursday morning. We lay-over in Paris for tow hours and then fly to Minneapolis. We arrive in Minneapolis about 1300 Thursday afternoon. That would be Friday morning at midnight India time. I think that means we are not going to have any good sleep for over 36 hours. Crazy travels. See you all back in the states.

MSR Memorial Hospital

I finally figured out how to put some pictures on the blog.

Wednesday Itinerary

It is now 0900 in India on Wednesday morning. Liz and I are planning to meet Dr. Srinath at MSR Memorial Hospital this morning at 1100. This meeting was arranged by a friend in St. Cloud who is from this area. Her cousin went to school to be a radiologist and this was his mentor. We would never have been able to have this meeting without this contact as that is typical for India. We will meet with Dr. Srinath for about 1.5 hours and then our afternoon will be free. We have dinner tonight at the hotel at 2000. We then leave our hotel by bus at 2200 for the airport. Our flight leaves at 0150 on Air France to Paris. We arrive in Paris about 0830 their time Thursday morning. We leave at 1050 from Paris and arrive in Minneapolis at 1300 Thursday afternoon. We are gaining back the 10.5 hours of time we lost flying to India. It will be a long 48 hours only sleeping on airplanes. Have a great day everyone.

Tuesday In India

It is 1655 in India. My dream came true, we visited a hospital in Bangalore India. Vydehi Hospital is a super specialty center that has a university attached to it. The beds are 4 legged cots that are arranged in a 6 bed square for one nurse and some assistants. The ER had 22 beds put into about 6 rooms. We saw the 2 cath labs, ICU, Oncology, a linear excellerator, blood bank, Orthopedic ward and one single patient room. I don't think there were many of those. I don't believe India has ever heard of HIPAA. One of the CT scanners was only a 16 slice machine. It was amazing to see. The administrator was absolutely fantastic. They even provided lunch for us. After that we went to an Indian Design Shop called Idiom. They do fantastic work there also. They ave youtube videos on DREAM:IN which is a large project the put together. I have not looked for them yet, but I sure will. Tonight we are going to go walking around into some different areas Should be fun. TTYL

Monday in India and Tuesday Itinerary

It is Tuesday morning at 0710. Today we are going to the Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre for meeting (10.00-12.00) with Mrs. Kalpaya DA Director as arranged by faculty director, private motorcoach included for up to 4 hours and 70 kms within the city limits.  Group lunch at Hotel.  Afternoon free for independent exploration. during this time we are going to MSR Hospital to meet with a radiologist who I believe is managing director of the facility. should be very interesting. On Monday we visited Target Corporation India. Target employs about 2000 people here in Bangalore, some of which come from the US but most are Indian. They are outsourced to take care of target.com website and track distribution lines for product. It is quite interesting the security staff that are around the whole building and business park. None of them have weapons, they are there to keep people from setting up roadside stands and assure only employees are allowed inside. Interestingly, none of the Indian workers are allowed to purchase products from Target.com as they don't ship internationally. None of the Indian workers have even seen a target store. All is well in India and we are doing well. We have today and tomorrow here and then begin our long journey home early Thursday morning. We will not be having a hotel room Wednesday night but going directly to the airport. Have a great sleep all.