An opportunity presented itself to work in a rural area just outside of Limbe with Our Lady of the Lake Medical Mission at the end of February.
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| The river in Ti Bouk de Port Margot. |
The trip through the mountains and through the shallow river, to Ti Bouk revived my senses. This community has no clinic and bringing medication and an ear of compassion added a layer of hope to those suffering from daily ailments.
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| The clinic space where we worked. |
The mission brought practical medications and packaged them neatly with instructions in kreyol and english, which I thought was impressive. They set up in what used to be the town's theater, which housed a locked storage area with shelving where we could organize medications. I worked under a Nurse Practitioner one week and a doctor for a few days the next week. Many had very high blood pressures and needed dietary counseling. I was proud to give them education in kreyol without much use of the interpreters, who verified my linguistic abilities and made corrections as needed.
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| The hills of Ti Bouk |
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| Assessing a pediatric patient |
