Well folks, at this time tomorrow I'll be on plane headed for Cambodia. We'll land in Phnom Penh, spend one night in a guest house, and then head out to our final destination of Rotanakiri. We will be setting up a clinic at an orphanage which will serve the people of the surrounding area. We anticipate seeing 4000 patients during our six clinical days. The team consists of 31 people, 12 of us "practitioners" and 19 support staff.
Last weekend we had a "pill packing" party where 68 suitcases where strategically filled with medications and basic medical supplies. It was a rather huge production which took over 100 people about 7 hours to complete.
Fear not faithful readers, I am happy report that I was able to contribute several boxes of medical supplies from "the stash." Yay for finally sending some stuff out! However, it appears as though the team had way too much of certain other supplies. We ended up pulling off a supply exchange and I came home with more than I had sent out... But in my defense, the stuff I brought home were items that I had very little of that I think would be very useful in Mexico City. I'm not sure if I will have any Internet access at all while I am away, so I might not be able to update until after July 31.
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