This morning we woke up and headed to the CARE Mwanza offices to finish up business that we had started yesterday (as far as getting information from local CARE workers concerning the local hospitals and clinics in the 2 districts that we will be working in).
After finishing up there we headed over to the Misungwi Hospital for our first visit to any clinic/hospital. The hospital is about an hour outside of Mwanza and on the way we were able to see some very nice scenery including hut villages and Masai cattle herders. We also had a flat tire on the way!! There were no other problems however and after a short time we were back on our way and arriving at the hospital. Misungwi hospital isn't the biggest or most important hospital in the region but it is still a fairly large sized hospital (as compared to the various small clinics) and it serves many of the surrounding villages. However, the hospital does not have incubators, AC, or ultrasound equipment and they are waiting on a new building to be built in order to have space to use their antiquated x-ray machine. I don't even want to talk about all of the flies that I saw in the maternity ward.
In many ways it was disturbing. In other ways it was nice to see that people that have so little can still manage to enjoy life and smile. When I wasn't fixating on the flies, I did notice that every new mother in the ward was happy and smiley.
Of course I also went to the restroom at the hospital so look for my latest latrine photo. Also notice that my bathroom photos over the last week have gotten progressively worse. Soon I'll have to start holding it.
Adam
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