Riding in the back of a pickup truck to San Miguel Milpas Alta this morning was the beginning of an adventurous day. We arrived with a few patients waiting and ended clinic seeing over 125 people.
Our main objective in this pueblo of 4000, is to provide school physicals for 450+ students in conjunction with Common Hope.
The morning was filled with students from 4th, 5th and 6th grades. They were amazingly well behaved. While they were waiting we sang, they did their version of the chiken dance and I did mine. We learned colors, numbers and a few nouns in English and listened to each others hearts with a stethescope. For me, it was a great morning. The docs may have a differnet version.
The afternoon was a mix of students, babies, children and everything inbetween. Two patients were sick enough for us to send to the hospital. Well we actually said they should go to the hospital but the next thing we knew, they were calling an ambulance! All-in-all a very exciting afternoon.
In the city, at Safe Passage, the rest of the team continued the weeks work finishing up physical exams and having an all day community clinic. I have to say, they were pretty beat when they got back to the hotel.
Tomorrow the whole team will head to San Miguel because of unforseen strikes in the city. This should be a new adventure for manana!
Feliz Dia
Jenny
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