3rd
China - Henry Zhan (7/2/10)
Final Update
Sorry for not being able to update you all for a few days…Things got a bit busy with the whole moving to a new site and all the logistic stuff…
Anyway, here it is. On Saturday 6/26, we had a late start in the morning. We got up and ate around 9am and had devotions together around 9:30am. Originally, we were going to have a mock practice for free clinic in the afternoon and the next day in the afternoon after church. However, due to some mis-communications, local people were expecting us to do a full day clinic on 6/26, not two afternoons in a row. Therefore, we rushed over around 11am to start the clinic, and we saw around 140 patients on that day and finished around 5pm. It was quite hectic at first because everyone is still trying to get used to the new tasks and the overall function of the clinic. However, people learned fast, and the team worked well together. On the next day on Sunday 6/27, we visited the local church and had a free afternoon for people to explore Dali, safely in groups of three or more of course. Around 5pm we gathered for dinner and 6:30pm we left Dali for Xiang-Yun.
Xiang-Yun County is somewhat between Kunming and Dali (much closer to Dali). We rode the bus for around 1+ hour. We settled into another hotel and rested and prepared for the full day clinic. Our clinic sites have been determined for us. We will work at three village sites with 2 days to each of the first two villages and 1 day at the 3rd site. On 6/28, we started to see patients in a regional health center in a local village about 20 min away from the hotel. We saw around 170 patients. Subsequently, Dr. Doughten gave 2 lectures to the local doctors. One on osteoporosis and the another on metabolic syndrome. On the second day 6/29, we worked in the same place. saw around 200 patients. This night, Dr. Ma and Dr. Lee gave lectures on hepatitis B and cardiac rhythm problems. On 6/30, today, we went to a much farther village in the mountains. The ride is 60+km and took us around 1.5 hours to get there. To my pleasant surprise, we got a brand new clinic building to use, which made clinic much more comfortable with ample resources. We saw around 200 patients as well.
This is a brief overview of what we did for the past few days (written when I am half asleep). Therefore, feel free to email back if you have any questions. A few people did get some travelers diarrhea and some colds, but thank God that the members who are ill got well fairly soon. Everything else went smoothly. Please continue to keep us in your prayers.
Sincerly,
Henry
