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Ethiopia By Harrison Levine (Class of 2002)
I worked primarily with Theodros, an Ethiopian medical student. He's a good guy. I admire his work ethic and he has both a sense of humor and a sense of humanity. When we were about sapped of energy and dying for a break, we realized there would be no one to take our place. Theodros said, ?These are poor people. Let's just keep working? I enjoy these days. They may be hard, but they are rewarding. Toward the end of the day a dust storm kicked up and we had to conclude business. As we worked it was wonderful to see the children’s smiles. |
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Today was intervention day in the village. A tent served as our diagnosis and treatment center and our bus was the pharmacy. We were there to see mothers who had children less than five years of age. I diagnosed a Bitot’s spot in one child from several feet away. I also diagnosed two cases of rickets rosary rib nodules from Vitamin A deficiency. I saw and treated parasites, conjunctivitis, fungal infections, a marasmic baby and some kwashiorkor. I think I treated 30 kids in one hour.