Update from Vanuatu:
This week has been a bit of battle as I have been sick for over one week. I did manage to make it to the local hospital last night and the guess is that I have a chest infection so I am on amoxicillin antibiotics. The good thing is that no matter the diagnosis, ANY infection should be healed with the medicine. I am trying to find the happy medium between rest and still translating for the Leadership School. Many 'home remedies' have come up among the natives including putting garlic under your feet with socks before bed, oil on the throat, full body steam, onion on the throat etc. One guy eagerly explained a herbal remedy used at home but then stated he had never used it on a 'white person' so he wouldn't want to try it on me. The hospital was fairly primitive but clean. One staff took the payment (ten dollars for natives, thirty for visitors) , another nurse was in charge of injections, one for passing out medicines, one doctor assistant and one security guard. There were quite a few babies there (this was 8pm). I asked where the emergency room was and they pointed to the door we had come in, in front of it were three seats. Ricky, the leader of the Leadership school who is Ni-Van (from Vanuatu), said that many times people just sit and wait for such a long time that they die from blood loss. It made me appreciate our health care options during a time where many Americans are frustrated with it. Many blessings and thanks for the continued prayers for healing... Alissa
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