The +columbusmedicalmission has begun just this morning!
The needs are many and the pace of a clinic/hospital that run numbers like these is hard to fathom. We have met many workers in the clinic/hospital that continue to sort thru the patients and get things done. I don't think nursing has much to complain about, the general nurse in pediatric ward there was a 40:1 ratio most days!!! Parents, grandparents aunts and uncles all help with patient care and then go outdoors to wash linens and clothing and hang it on the fence, then return to help with treatments, or just to share a bed/ get a nap with usually another patient AND family member(s)... (Yea, read it again, it is correct).
The family does the majority of cleaning, washing, and comforting of patient. I am not sure any of us had any expectations like this but a definite eye-opener!
More tomorrow
K
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