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Let's get to work! Part 2 (Episode 3)

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  Tuesday with our third clinic, located in the village called Panyebar. That day, it was a little colder than usual (although the reality is that I am always cold 😂); we arrived and got ready to start the clinic. Many people came, especially children with their families, because next to the church where we were located was one of the dining rooms for children that the Impacto ministry has called “ Happy Tummies.”  We had many people with skin conditions and some children with parasites. At the beginning of the clinics, when the patient registers, they go to the vital signs area, where the dewormer is administered, and then they go to the doctor. We were already finishing the day when a lady asked if they could treat her. We had already finished, but one of the doctors came and asked how we could help her. While I was translating the doctor from Spanish to English, the lady told us about the rectal bleeding she had and started crying. We often take our health conditions light...

Manos a la Obra 2 (Episodio 3)

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     Dia martes con nuestra tercera clĂ­nica esta vez localizada en la aldea llamada Panyebar. Ese dĂ­a hacĂ­a un poco mĂĄs de frĂ­o de lo comĂșn, aunque la realidad es que yo siempre tengo frĂ­o 😂, llegamos y nos ubicamos para comenzar la clĂ­nica. Llegaron muchas personas, en especial muchos niños con sus familias, ya que junto a la iglesia donde nos ubicamos estĂĄ uno de los comedores para niños que tiene el ministerio Impacto llamado Happy Tummies (Pancitas felices).       Atendimos muchas personas con condiciones de la piel y algunos niños con parĂĄsitos. Es por eso que, al principio de las clĂ­nicas, cuando el paciente se registra, pasan al ĂĄrea de signos vitales, y ahĂ­ se le administra el desparasitante para luego pasar consulta con el mĂ©dico. Ya estĂĄbamos concluyendo la jornada del dĂ­a cuando una señora se acercĂł a mĂ­ para preguntarme si podĂ­an atenderla. Ya habĂ­amos terminado, pero uno de los mĂ©dicos se acercĂł y preguntĂł en que le podĂ­amos ayudar. Mien...