Today we did the clinic and served approximately 325 patients. The best story was that the nurse who will run the clinic when we are gone checked a pregnant woman today with toximia, and determined that she and her baby would die without immediate hospitalization. Another team of Americans here to do a puppet show came up with the money to take her to the hospital, and she was driven there this afternoon. Please pray for her, because I just heard that she refused treatment at the last minute, and left the hospital. I have no idea why, other than she was just too scared. We'll follow up with her in the morning. The clinic went really well other wise, and I've put in a bunch of pictures. We are planning to buy over-the-counter medicine and treat the people we saw with lice, scabies, eye infections, high fevers, severe colds, and stomach problems. Please pray for us to make good decisions, and for the nurse to have enough energy to handle all this.
1 comment:
Hi,
I heard of a clinic that gave pregnant women an egg and an orange to eat (in front of the workers). It made a huge difference in pregnancy outcomes. They had to have the women eat in the clinic to prevent them from giving the food away.
Mom
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