Day 2--Tuesday 3/24--El Tulle

Having sorted our meds, packed everything up, trained the triage team, and paired up with student interpreters, we were ready for our first day clinic. So, we loaded into the buses and drove 1 1/2 to 2 hours up into the hills for big day... to a on room schoolhouse. Triage, pharmacy, and the dentists worked in the schoolyard, while the medical providers took over the classroom. We hung two shower curtains using wire hangers from the rafters to create a privacy space for those patients requiring "maximum exposure" and rearranged the student desks to be used as exam tables.

This is the El Tulle School:


Here we are with our interpreters:

Medical Providers: Norma Young, Greg Higgins, Kathy Halloran, Susan & Peter Beoris
Our Interpreters: Yolanda, Ian, Melody, Lizzette, and Sara

Peter and Melody are ready for business:


Susan and Ian are working on building a relationship:


Open for Business--
Pharmacy on the left & Dentists on the right:



Norma & Yolanda didn't waste any time--


And we're off and running, while the line is getting longer. Typically, families are seen as a single unit, each provider takes a whole family at a time.



This is Cassie (our newest unofficially adopted daughter), she's hanging with the local boys:


After seeing nearly 300 people we packed up and headed for home. We still have to repack meds, meet with the interpreters, have a debriefing, and train the new gang that will be rotating into Triage/Intake on the next day. Oh, and be ready to hit the ground running for another day clinic early in the morning. Sleep is sometimes short.