This is Ruth again.
Rosemarie composed the following info for the days at Holy Trinity on
the edge of Kibera. Now, apparently,
Rosemarie and Fran got up at 5:30 am for a 7 am departure. That is just silly – I got up at 6:30 am for
a 7 am departure and still made it.
Jackson arrived on time at with the van and somehow got us
to Holy Trinity within 20 minutes. We
were the first to arrive – by a long shot – other than the kids who were
already playing in the yard. Eventually the American workers arrived along with
other local church workers and medical people.
We started the day 45 minutes late (Africa time) with a short but lively
worship service. Then the US Doc took
over and had debriefing from the day before.
I was doing “intake”, Fran of course was being a doctor and
Rosemarie was helping with the pharmacy. We had more help that we might have
needed – other than docs, and the day went smoothly. Please see the pictures of the clinic and the
school. Oh my goodness – we are lucky to
have been born in Canada. However, these
people are very grateful for our help.
Any children we saw did not seem to be as tired or hungry as the
children in Bungoma. Fran – bless her
heart – did pick up two cases of Typhoid. Fran did not herself see an HIV case, but four
were diagnosed in Bungoma, none in Kibera – this time. Dr. Stanley will follow up in Bungoma with
the HIV cases. New additions to the
services at Holy Trinity are cervical cancer screening and breast cancer
screening.
Fran and Rosemarie, along with others, enjoyed a lovely
lunch of lentils, potatoes, rice and cabbage.
(Ruth was afraid to eat and had a granola bar from the Bracebridge
Shoppers Drug Mart (very tasty)).
After lunch the Americans visited a woman`s prison and reported
the next day that they had saved 20 people (they were not allowed to practice
medicine at the prison). While they were away Fran and Dr. Stanley continued to
see patients. Total for the day was 206.
After the clinic, Dr. Stanley showed us a train container
that had been donated to the clinic. He
is working on converting this into a maternity centre – please see the attached
picture. At the moment there is not
water or electricity to this ``building`` - but they do hope to have this
hooked up soon.
We are also showing you pictures of the so called ``dental
chair`` that is used in the dental clinic.
We hope to be able to raise enough money to purchase – even a used chair
for the dentist. At this time she can do
only extractions and teeth cleaning.
We then had an interesting drive in rush hour to the mall
for dinner and some shopping.
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