Second week of Medical done!

We have completed week two of the medical portion of the barefoot drs program. Today (Saturday) is our 1^st day off since we got here. We are looking forward to the time to catch our breath and catch up on emails and some paperwork. This afternoon we have been invited to Chris Kalnin and Rebecca Gibbs wedding at the Kalnin residence. Chris’s parents, Daniel and Beverly Kalnin, started this mission 31 yrs ago. I should be able to post some pictures tomorrow.

I spent my day in a meeting with a local doctor, a trip to the pharmacy to see what is available and how much it will cost, making some copies, and getting Toothbrushes for the village children we visited last weekend. We will be sending 30 toothbrushes to the children with written instructions for the teachers on how to instruct the kids on brushing their teeth. We should be able to give this to one of the guests at the wedding today and the kids should have them by Monday of next week.

Yesterday we said goodbye to Dr. Naga Pannala. There were a lot of pictures and goodbyes. I think she was surprised at how much of an impact the students had on her and how much you can connect with people in such a short time. The students really learned a lot from her teaching and really benefited from her presentations. She actually downloaded and presented actual heart sounds, lung sounds, and animated images of how the heart and lung work. We can only imagine what is going though the students' heads seeing advanced modern technology at work when some of them come from where they don’t have electricity!