Some might call this a bit of a medical day!
Amy headed off to see the regional hospital this morning and had her eyes truly opened. The most horrific story was that of a doctor’s ward round, which he conducted through a window as he didn’t want to be too close to the ‘infected’ patients.
Armorel was busy at the clinic with a large influx of patients to the ward, and a number of ECG’s to take. The nurses need training on the new machine and the doctors are so excited that many are being ordered.
Ally was surrounded by anti-virus software today which was his attempt at being medical.
I taught for the morning and headed over to the clinic for what I thought would be some admin fun. However, I was soon tasked with removing a boy’s cast, with a blunt pair of scissors. Luckily I found some old garden shears and so Armorel and I managed to cut, twist, pull and tear the cast off.
Then it got very interesting.
A patient on the ward suddenly went downhill, and signs and symptoms looked like meningitis. A lumbar puncture was needed (government requirement for all suspected cases), and I soon found myself assisting with the procedure.
It was very similar to the ones I have seen on ER, but not something I was expecting to be involved in.
It has been a long day. We have had a fun evening playing bird scrabble, and other silly games and are now heading to bed.
It is a village clinic day tomorrow!
The builders working hard!
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