Part Deux, Dia Dos

When we came back from our afternoon respite, we saw that the line to the clinic was doubled in size from that morning.

I want to give you an idea of how the patients were processed. They were first seen by the triage nurse, their information was taken and written on their chart. Depending on the problem they were sent to see a doctor, this is generally where the bottle neck occurred. 345 patients, 5 doctors, even I can do the math. ALOT of patients.

After the doctor sees them and prescribes the meds, they come to the pharmacy. We fill the prescription, then they see a discharge nurse to explain the taking of meds and aftercare. If the problem was severe, and there were many, they had to see a local official about follow up. This is where it get fuzzy for me. Their medical system is very different from ours, so I won't even try to explain it.
It was so very hot, so for some the rain that came that afternoon was a blessing. The room where all the patients waited was jam packed. The only thing that comes to mind is a sweat lodge.

They finally cut the line off at 3:30, but with all the patients still to be seen, we did not finish up until close to 7:30. By the time the bus brought us back to "The Club", Donna, Jose and I ordered a pizza to be delivered and crawled to our room.