Monday, March 28, 2011

Doctors for a Day - Medical Village Visit

On Saturday, March 26, 2011, 2 Architecture Interns and 1 Civil Engineer became doctors. We were requested to help travel to a village and assist with medical needs if it were possible. Obviously, being the 3 interns that we are, jumped at the opportunity to become doctors for a day since doctors are just THAT cool. We began the day with pancakes and eggs at Oaklands, the main office at the top of the hill. Then, when we were ready, we headed down to the lookout location to meet the rest of the medical team. We began our journey, traveling down the mountain and it was incredibly steep and slippery. Stephen has a picture of me sitting on the ground after a dramatic fall down a couple of rocks which I will post up later for all to laugh at. The main thing is, I protected the medicine and none of it was damaged, so I'm quite proud of myself. Here are some pictures of the views we had and things we did, more are posted on facebook for you to view if you want. 


The Mountains on our way down to the village

 Zack, latest room mate down at Tippery doing his medical thing

 Lauren weighing the kids

 Girl playing in mud as her mother screams in the background

Basically, the real medical team (aka. Zack) examined the kids and we helped out where we could. Eventually we played with the kids and just spent time with them. It was a very interesting experience and now when people tell me that they're going on medical missions, I have a better perspective of what they are working on. This Thursday or next Monday, I'll be heading out to another location, in a Tibetan region to assist again. The facility should be more developed with xray machines and all compared to this village where everyone was examined in a school classroom. It was really amazing seeing God's workmanship and the mountain ranges. Pictures, of course, were not able to capture the scenery but I tried my best. Luckily, we didn't see anything too dramatic and gross. Hopefully, it will continue that way.

J

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