The shopping list

Thursday 17^th February

Everything seems to be cut off at times at present Yesterday much of the time the water was off The power was off intermittently as well as some repairs were being done The MTN phone and internet was also down much of yesterday but life continues Its surprising how one adjusts to coping without things we regard as basic necessities at home.

Dr Bernard and I have been trying to draw up a shopping list of items we need to provide a better service. Simple bits of equipment like a peak flow meter would be so helpful and so often what we can offer is very much limited for want of a few small items Also we are trying to draw up a list of drugs we need to always keep in stock particularly suitable antimalarial medication. Let’s hope we can have some success in tackling what is largely an organisational problem

I’ve rather poured scorn on the idea of an ECG machine being of value here but today it’s proved helpful in confirming an elderly lady’s diagnosis of angina and also in picking up a 35 year old man with a pulse rate of 38 in complete heart block. Any ideas gratefully received!!

Tomorrow is election day and Saturday I travel to Mityana and  have a lift this time rather than having to use the bus so hopefully there wont be any problems