Day 5: UNC - Wednesday 13/4

The Governor of the district Serge Diof came to pick me up at 9:30am to go to the hospital University of North Carolina.
UNC Hospital is widespread health care institution in Chapel Hill. UNCH has a lot of things in common with the University Hospital of Ghent ( my current employer). As us, it has around 1000 sickbeds, 8000 employees, not enough parking spaces and a strange relationship with the mother University. Although in the last case things are upside down, while the University of Ghent have to pay rent at the University Hospital of Ghent. Here it’s the other way around.

What was amazing that everybody, yes also the professors and doctors, have to pay for their parking space and that they can’t choose where. Those who earn more than 100 000$ can pay up to 2500$ for the year, those who earn less than 25 000$ pay around 150$. Of course their is free parking, but that’s not on campus grounds and is approximately 6miles away. They have to take a shuttle.

The Governor, my Team leader, Johan Valcke, and myself had the opportunity to meet the CEO for 5min and we did. It was an honor.

The evening dinner was at a Jazz club and after a pizza and music, I headed back to woods for a good rest... The following morning we would have a ‘sunrise’ meeting.

Nick