Internet has been really hard to come by so I apologize for the lack of updates!
On June 25th I left Ferke
and moved west to a little town called Torogo to work at the dispensary there.
The dispensary is mostly an out-patient clinic. They do dressing changes,
patient consultations, prenatal consultations, vaccinations clinics, diabetic
clinics and more.
For the 2 weeks I was there I
worked in a different place every day, so I got a little taste of everything.
Mondays I worked in the dressing
room doing dressing changes for patients.
Tuesdays I was in patient
consultations with a diagnostician. We saw so many patients in one day. Mostly
patients came in with malaria or HIV but occasionally there were some other
cool things I got to see.
Wednesdays I was in OB-GYB helping
with prenatal checkups. My favorite part of that was using the Doppler to find
the baby’s heartbeat! I loved that!
Thursdays I worked the vaccination
clinic giving babies the needed vaccinations. So many moms came and brought the
babies. I was really impressed with numbers! I got to give a lot of shots,
which is always good practice! But unfortunately I made so many babies cry.
After the vaccination clinic I went to go weigh all the babies in the baby room
with Marilyn!
Fridays I worked the diabetic clinic. I checked in patients, took their blood sugar, weight, blood pressure and handed out the sugar free oatmeal we give them. After the clinic I would usually go help Marilyn in the baby room or go to the injection room and help give injections.
the dispensary
the vaccination clinic
the diabetic clinic
the chart room
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