We see a lot more around here than the sick and wounded! I thought I should at least give you a glimpse. . . Below is a young man who came in a few days ago with an incredible infection in his hand. It started out as only a little cut after working in the […]
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Well, it’s good to be back at the clinic! For the first while after I got back from my 4 week visit in the States I was working at the CTC. We have others who are volunteering to come for a few weeks or months at a time and helping there, and I am able
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Uh-oh- another tumble!!! Not as serious as sometimes though;this one merely resulted in a small slice on the head of the young chap involved. The nurses decided it was a good idea to stitch it though, justto be on the safe side… Anita and Virginia Rudolph tackling the project…. He showed upjust after church on
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Ouch!!! This broken wrist looked REALLY painful! The son of one of theleaders in the church here, this young man fell and landed wrong onhis hand, resulting in the damage you can plainly see here.At this same time, his older brother was checked into the CTC andwas being treated for cholera! Poor family… This situation
During the past several days as things have been very busy at the CTC,we have certainly not been shut-down at the normal clinic! In fact we have continued to see an ordinary amount of people there, and over the past fewnights we’ve had 2-3 patients staying in the hospital rooms, with variouscomplaints. This man apparently
We sure get some cute little (or not so little, as thecase may be) babies that come through. I’m not certain which of these babies are on the milk program,or whether all of them are… Wide eyed little girl there!!!! It’s a big world!!! “Oh yum!!!” (I like the blue ones myself… ) 🙂
Hey everyone, just a quick update from the front line. We had 13 people in the hospital overnight, which sets a new record here. Included in that number are 3 or 4 young children- 2 to 4 years old. I think I counted 7 IV’s running. So far everyone that has been released from the
Greetings to all in the name of Jesus, the King of kings, and Lord of lords! As we consider the situation here, with the special Cholera Treatment Center being put up, and the continuing potentially epidemic nature of the outbreak spurned on by local circumstances, we have decided to make a separate blog to cover
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As promised, here are some pictures from the Cholera Treatment Center (CTC)… *** Getting everything ready for the first patient… Here’s our first patient: the man with the brown and white striped shirt… He needed some others to help him get into the CTC. Preparing to inspect and admit patient… After being checked out, the infected man
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Sorry we’ve been so slow at getting out info, I know many of you are praying about the situation with cholera here and wondering how things are going. So far things have been fairly quiet at the cholera treatment center (CTC) we officially opened this Monday afternoon. Jeriah Mast from CAM and a crew of
