Ah, la Clinica. Not exactly what we expected. During the week, Kate and I volunteer at a clinic that specializes in women's health and family planning. We had hoped to be of more service at this clinic, since we are both capable of taking vital signs, at the very least, but as of yet we are still mostly shadowing physicians.
Shadowing has been a learning experience of another kind, since medicine is practiced very differently here. The good hygeine practices we are accustomed to in the states are nowhere to be found, and both Kate and I have been horrified to see dozens of women, many with vaginal infections, being examined while wearing the same gown and being on an exam table that never gets cleaned, all of this while people, both nurses and patients, are walking unnanounced into the same exam room. Yikes!
We have been searching for clinics and foundations where we can be of more assistance. I'll keep you posted on how this goes.
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