This Wednesday was the outreach clinic to Mwakashindye, so Armorel was off and out early this morning.
They were so busy!
418 patients in one day!
But today also had added stresses for Armorel and the other staff. Early in the morning a lady arrived with pregnancy difficulties and severe bleeding. She was about 24 weeks. The nurses told her she had to go to hospital and fast. BUT when they were packing up to head home, around 3pm, they found the lady sat outside the clinic building. She hadn’t gone to hospital. She had waited for a lift. Why, we don’t know, but she had lost a lot of blood, and was not well. The staff rushed her to the hospital, but we fear for the worse. The frustrations, and why?
WARNING – The following account is distressing but we feel we need to share to show you what life is like here. It is real and hard.
However, the shock continued when they arrived at the hospital. They got the lady into a bed, but opposite was a sight, hard to comprehend. A local lady had arrived first thing, 7am, from a village with a breach delivery and her baby’s head stuck. It was now 4pm, and the lady was still sat in the same position, her baby still not delivered. Words fail us at this point. We don’t know why, we can’t understand, we are lost!
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