L'hopital!

And since I actually have a chance to write I'll tell you about the hospital. It's a fairly large compound with a wall the whole way around and a gaurd house at the front gate. The bike ride is about three miles, which makes for one hot start to the day. There is an OR, surgery rooms, medical rooms, close observation, triage, pharmacy, and a radiology room (which only has an ultrasound machine right now because they can't get the xray machine battery to charge). Each house has about 7 beds and are separated into women, men, and one for children. It's not a bad set up. They average about 3 surgeries a day, and they actually quite a range of surgeries. I was also impressed that they have a working EKG machine, which we used today to diagnose one of the patients with angina...thought that was pretty advanced of the hospital.

As for the question that I was asked the most before I left (Where are you going to live?), just a tad more about that. There are about 4 or 5 houses on the mission property, and I am staying in one with Sarah, Joan (the PA), and the Ralston family. It's quaint, but obviously my favorite part is that the river is right across the street. C'est tout pour maintenant.