Thursday, December 08, 2005
I took a ride on the Mobile Hospital today. We drove 2 hours to get to the village of Nonera. Once there, Doctor Goswami stationed himself and took patient complaints. He then proceeded to write a prescription without touching the patient nor validating the ailment. The patient passed the prescription to medical assistant/nurse/pharmacist Kalas who filled it. Typically, the problem was a cold or cough (though I didn't hear any sniffling, sneezing nor coughing). Kalas would pour from a bottle of red syrup (seemed like Robitussin) into a smaller bottle the patient brought from their homes. At one point, the red syrup came close to running out. Kala filled the red syrup bottle back up with tap water...
Not sure if this is the best way to treat people but I guess it is the most efficient. Since they come to this village on a weekly basis, those who have a serious condition can be brought into town. So far this service seems to be the most effective out of all GCH run ones... It gives me a little bit of hope.
Pics at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/livealittle/sets/1612830/
