by Power Of Pads | Apr 22, 2011 | Blog |
This visit was the first of the UK Team’s planned visits for 2011. The specific aims of this visit included meeting Esther the newly employed Enrolled Nurse, giving all the nurses their annual appraisals, providing further teaching / training for the community...
by Power Of Pads | Apr 11, 2011 | Blog |
Visit by Sallie Buck, Hilary Smart, Sue Cross and Sue Crossman The first ½ of this trip I was accompanied by Hilary Smart, who was on her 2nd trip. ….so it can’t be too bad. We had been notified in advance that the District Medical Officer had closed the clinic...
by Power Of Pads | Apr 5, 2011 | Blog |
Having completed the Tropical Nursing course in July Noreen and Sallie embarked on a series of fundraising events before their planned trip in October. Through sponsored walks and quiz evenings and clothes sales and suppers they managed to raise almost £2500 to take...
by Power Of Pads | Mar 29, 2011 | Blog |
Jo was accompanied by her sister Joy on this visit. The difference in the clinic from the visit in July 2009 was quite amazing. Most days the nurses were seeing over 100 patients! We were not entirely sure why so many more patients were attending but thought it maybe...
by Power Of Pads | Mar 29, 2011 | Blog |
On this occasion, Jo visited Buburi on her own and although everything appeared the same on the surface, the clinic was not thriving quite the same as it had been on past visits with very few patients attending. This was concerning and there was uncertainty as to the...