In the period between the 18th February and the 17th March, 2013, I had the opportunity of accepting an internship in The West Penn Hospital Burn Center, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. During the internship, I shared in the usual medical activities including working in the ICU, standard wards, operating theatres, out-patient clinics as well as attending seminars in the Burns Centre or in the Plastic Surgery Department.
The city of Pittsburgh is located in the State of Pennsylvania, in the North-East of the USA. The inner city has about 350,000 inhabitants, but the entire metropolitan area ...