Sunday, June 5, 2016

Bustling clinic

Daily we arrive at clinic at 7:00 am to approximately 50 medical orthopedic patients for the morning session, and 35-40 amputees for the day.  They wait patiently the heat and humidity for our bus to pull up. The greeting we get is warm and welcoming. You can see the anticipation on the face of each patient. Today they will feel less pain. Today they will receive a new leg. Today they will walk without pain or discomfort.
Each member of our team digs in right away, first performing amputee and medical intake including interviews, chief complaints, blood pressures, pulse, glucose readings, height and weight. The light blue scrubs quickly turn dark blue with perspiration. A sign that the team is working extremely hard every minute to help these needy patients. I have been so impressed with the energy and initiative of our team, independently triaging and managing the chaotic work flow. 
On day one we treated 115 medical/orthopedic patients, and fit 23 amputees. Not a bad first day!!!

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