We had the blessing today of having Dr. Steve and Bridget Ko come to our orphanage. Dr. Steve is from the US and was working at Bugando, a hospital in Mwanza, for the month of June. His wife and her parents had come to spend some time with him at the end of his month of duties at Bugando. Bridget had contacted me several months ago about coming to Tumaini and doing some dental screenings while they were in TZ visiting. We arranged for them to come today.
We set Bridget and her father up in the nurse's station, her father is also a dentist. Then Dr. Steve did a general physical exam of all the children in my office. Their friend Ariadne had also come along to help. Ari and Bridget's mom took pictures and entertained the children while they waited. Nurse Odilia and I stood outside the nurse's station and took the children's weight and height measurements. Then we sent them into the dental screening. The doctor/dentist team had also brought little trinket toys with them and let the kids pick one when they were finished with the dental screening. The kids REALLY enjoyed that. Then they went from the dental screening to the physical exam. I was amazed at how quickly we were able to move all the children through the process. We started at 10 am and got everything finished by close to 4 pm. Then Dr. Steve talked to Ferdinand, Odilia and me about the results of the dental screening and physical exam. It was very helpful to have this information and to know some areas for particular children that we need to keep an eye on.
Mwanza, Tanzania, East Africa
Nice to know that there are kind hearted people who will give their services in the orphanage, I'm enjoyed reading a lot of stories like this. Hope to read more soon.
-heather-
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