On Friday my roommates Anouk and Floor (nursing students), my counterpart William and I went with the nurses from Mother Child Health (MCH) to an outreach clinic in the village Mzgola. Nurses visit the village (3,000 population) once a month and over there the staff performs children and mother immunization against various diseases. The nurses also measure babies weight, give free mosquito bed nets, measure mothers' weight and blood pressure and perform general check up.
All of them were so efficient and did an excellent job by checking out over 200 mothers (with children) in three hours.
Prosli petak moje cimerice Anouk i Floor (medicinske sestre studentice i Nizozemske), moj kolega iz bolnice William te sestre iz odjela Zdravlje majki i novorodjencadi smo isli u kliniku u selu Mzgola. Svaki mjesec sestre posjecuju selo (3000 stanovnika) da majkama i novrodjencadi daju imunizacije. Osim toga vazu djecu, mjere krvni pritisak i teaznu majki, tezine djece i daju opceniti medisinki pregled.
Sestre rade odlican posao i u roku od tri sata su vidjele preko 200 majki (i njihove djece).
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| Ambulance vehicle gets prepared for the trip |
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| Half of the crew members for this day |
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| Our driver Mr. Chibisa drove us safely to the village (and back) |
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| Me and Mr. Chibisa |
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| I am showing some photos to nurse Maggie |
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| The line starts ... |
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| ... and it was constantly full like this for the next three hours |
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| If you do not know what all these mothers are waiting for, check out the scale in the middle of the picture ... |
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| ... they measure baby's weight |
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| Me and William, my counterpart at St. John's Hospital |
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| Floor and Anouk are eager to start vaccination |
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| Mr. Chibisa had to wait for us until we were finished |
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