I've been spending two days per week in this clinic up in the mountains. It gives free primary care to residents of the 5 local villages, with a focus on mother and child care. The couple that runs the clinic, Jim and Rita, are very involved in the community. They have various public health campaigns that they facilitate, including malaria and dengue prevention. The clinic opens at 9 am; there are no appointments, patients are simply seen in the order that they arrive. Patients begin arriving quite early in the morning, and the schedule for the day is usually filled up shortly after 9. A lot of what is seen in the clinic is very similar to what one would see in the US (colds, ear infections, etc...), but the clinic also sees it's share of intestinal parasites, dengue and leptospirosis.
Here, a view from outside the clinic.
The reception/waiting area for patients.
The pharmacy. Patients receive free meds if the clinic has them in stock - the meds are paid for by donations.
Taking inventory on some recent donations.
A beautiful dental set-up; unfortunately, they haven't had a dentist around for over 6 months. Anybody know a good dentist? wink wink!
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