Yesterday was the start of a new clinical rotation, at Comite del Pueblo Centro de Salud No. 9. It’s a governmentally funded public clinic. Birth control is free, and pregnant women and children under 5 receive healthcare free of charge. I had to take 2 buses and a trolley to get there, took about an hour. A nice older man from the Spanish school met me in the morning and made sure I got there alright. They do that every week on the first day for all the students, to make sure we don’t wander around the city lost all day. It’s a little difficult to figure out directions here, the roads are all curvy and ill-marked.
Once at the clinic it was a little disappointing. I observed a few appointments, mostly women wanting birthcontrol, then the Doc took me downstairs to the emergency room and told me to wait there for him. So I helped out there for awhile: poured antiseptic and alcohol, held a little boy so stitches could be removed, and mainly observed while various injuries were cleaned and bandaged. There was a med student there who explained things to me and asked me to help out, which was very nice of her. Emergency rooms are interesting here. 3-4 beds per room, and people come in first come first serve. If a person needs anything besides a tongue depressor or antiseptic for their treatment (like gauze, ointments, antibiotics, syringes, etc.) a family member has to go to the nearby pharmacy and buy whatever is needed. Pretty cool to see. If you don’t have family here, I think you’d really be in trouble at the hospital. The doctors there were more careful than in La Maternidad about keeping their hands clean. They washed them pretty well between each patient.
After about an hour and a half the doc showed back up and told me to go home for the day. It was 10:30….wasn’t supposed to be done til 12:00. So overall, not a great impression. I think he just wasn’t very interested in having students there, maybe just doing it for the money (the preceptors are paid by the program for their time). Hopefully it will be better tomorrow!
I’m staying home sick today. Fighting off some kind of gastrointestinal issues, figured it would be good to just take it easy and not surround myself with sick people for a day. I had some chamomile tea, and I think it did actually help my stomach a little. It’s really no fun to be sick when you’re traveling! But the big triumph of today...I finally figured out how to take a hot shower! Only took a week and a half! I'm pretty proud of myself.
New Word of the Day: chevere (cool)
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Feel better! Donnie and I would send you a beautiful floral arrangement from class if we could!
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