The prayers are starting. It must be 5 am. At 7:30, all the helicopters leave the area to deliver the much-needed supplies and food. Today was interesting. The hospital in-patients were in need of some more detailed review and care.
We went to a tent village where we were met by the many smiling faces of women and children. They anticipated our arrival and had set up 4 chairs and a small table at the top of a big hill.
We soon had many patients to see. Some fractures from the earthquake, but many beautiful, yet dirty, faces, and some diseased. We saw few very sick and malnourished children. Some will be admitted to the hospital. A young man with cerebral palsy lay in his tent where he spends most of his time. His younger brother limps around after becoming a victim of polio, a disease preventable with a vaccine. Their 3 sisters have all died of different infectious reasons. We will come back again, we promised.
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