Yay! We don’t have to drive anywhere today because we will seeing patients here at the campus. We set up medical camp in the gym. From about 4:30 am, patients had lined up outside waiting to be seen. Some came on wheelchairs whose wheels were almost falling off. People here walk long distances over hilly terrain (it is after all, a volcanic terrain). We saw a lot of foot problems.
This lady’s feet had dried and formed large cracks like this one.
Others had diabetic sores on their legs.
This young lady had the classic physical exam findings and symptoms of Grave's disease. We had seen her last year too and she was not so far along. Unfortunately, she could not get in to see anyone to care for her. This time, we just bought her the medicine.
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