Day 6: Potosi Clinic

Day 6 started with an earlier than usual breakfast at the Hotel San Jose followed by a three hour drive to our second clinic of the trip held in a remote village called Potosi.  Along the way we added three vehicles to our convoy holding a local politician, nurses, doctors, and aestheticians.  Before we could make the last turn to the village we had to passed an military checkpoint since we were so close to the border of Honduras.  Having the politician with us made passage much easier.

Breakfast the the San Jose.

A rainy morning in Chinandega.

Mango tree.

Emma and Lindsay trying to see what is going on while picking up members of our convoy.

Along the way, Annette was pulled over by a police officer.  He wanted a ride in the back of her truck.  You can see him in this photo of our driver, Pedro.

The military checkpoint.

We made a quick stop to see a village pool heated by a volcano.

Repairing the nets.

Looking back at Nicaragua.

Arriving at our clinic.

People arrived by all sorts of transportation.  By horse.

By bike.

This clinic was attended by at least three times as many people as our first.

MINSA (the ministry of health) was doing inoculations which meant there was more crying at this clinic.

Our first IV drip.  Mr. MacKay jerry-rigged the IV stand.

Our students did a tremendous job at triage.

Paging Dr. Sweeting.

Emma at triage.

Melissa under pressure.

Triage again.

The Farmacia.

The Wark sisters did a great job with the kids.

Enjoying the crafts.

My cup and ball.

Exhausted.

The aestheticians provided free haircuts, manicures and pedicures.

On the fourth shot, he smiled.

Lots of colours in the waiting line.

Waiting for medication.  It was the hottest day, so far.  Without this gum tree, we would have been toast.

The rooms where the girls did the crafts were like saunas.

A beautiful Guanacaste tree..

More exhaustion.

Samuel explaining a prescription.

Beautiful.

Once again, our pharmacy did an incredible job.

Waiting to see a doctor.

Reconstituting antibiotics.

Packing up.