This morning, Toh, (the director here at JSMK) stopped by to let us know that a young man was referred out of JSMK inpatient clinic early this morning to head to Thailand for further medical care. The staff here diagnosed him with likely appendicitis.
He was brought from a village about a day's walk away, getting here sometime in the night or early morning, and he's being sent out to make the day-long trek to Thailand. His transportation will include being taken by "Bambulance" - a bamboo pole carried between porters with a hammock strung for the patient to rest in - and boat and tractor and truck to get to the nearest hospital with surgical facilities.
Many of our students were conscripted to help as porters (usually about 20 people go and rotate through carrying him until they get to the part of the journey where motorized transportation can take over), so math class is suspended this morning. If they're back in time, we'll continue with English as planned after lunch.
The patient is 15 years old. Pray that his appendix doesn't burst en route.
- Dani
He was brought from a village about a day's walk away, getting here sometime in the night or early morning, and he's being sent out to make the day-long trek to Thailand. His transportation will include being taken by "Bambulance" - a bamboo pole carried between porters with a hammock strung for the patient to rest in - and boat and tractor and truck to get to the nearest hospital with surgical facilities.
Many of our students were conscripted to help as porters (usually about 20 people go and rotate through carrying him until they get to the part of the journey where motorized transportation can take over), so math class is suspended this morning. If they're back in time, we'll continue with English as planned after lunch.
The patient is 15 years old. Pray that his appendix doesn't burst en route.
- Dani
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