Clinic Updates
Rabies Vaccine Blitz - one of our regular mobile clinic sites provides education and sewing training for girls from a slum community. Sadly, one of the girls was recently bitten by a stray dog and required an extensive protocol of injections for rabies prevention. She didn't have any serious harm, but the scare prompted the education center to seek our help in vaccinating the other girls and staff (about 46 people in all). Because stray dogs are so prevalent throughout the country, it was nice to be able to help them address a tangible need with high-value preventative care.
Regular Clinic Scott continues to serve as interim medical director for Faith Clinic while Dr. Jay and Beryl are completing important work in the States as they wait for project approval and visas. Unfortunately, Dr. Rick, the young doctor whom we mentioned previously, has taken a job at another hospital and is no longer working under Scott.
The clinic continues to be busy, but God has been gracious in meeting the needs of the team each day. One young boy from a poor family has visited a number of times and thankfully has had pretty significant improvement in his scaly skin disorder with the use of strong creams (see before and after below).
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