April 20, 10:14 pm, Vellore
Today we started our CHAD rotation. My first night alone was fine, by
the way. A little hot, but I was able to sleep fairly well. The bucket
shower was fine, no big deal. Even the little squat toilet thing is
not too bad, to be honest.
But anyway, CHAD. Stands for community health and development. It's
quite the organization. I think I should have a better understanding
of it tomorrow though, after I go out and do home visits with the
nurses.
Today we were just doing outpatient clinic there at CHAD.
Unfortunately, the doctor that I was working with was not super. I
guess it's the same as back home... you work with some doctors that
are awesome and love to teach, and then there are others who make you
feel like you are just a bother. This guy barely said anything to me.
The majority of the patients went by without him ever even telling me
what they had come in for. A few of them he did give me a little bit
of information, but really it was only a little bit. "This man has
diabetes and came for a refill." And "This girl has a clavicle
fracture and you can palpate the callus formation." My favorite was
the negative PPD test that he had me palpate. Sweet. Again, I'm more
excited to go and do home visits tomorrow. And I'll explain more about
CHAD then.
We spent our time after work at the hospital computer lab, trying to
avoid the heat. When I checked, the heat index was 107. Tomorrow it is
supposed to be about 110. Ate dinner at the Hotel Aavana Inn. It was
pretty good, even though my grilled chicken sandwhich had more chicken
bones than actual chicken. Haha. The pineapple lassi was good.
Okay I'm tired. Sorry for the boring entry.
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