After 1 month, I got the authorisation from the ministry of health to work in the hospital.
Because of my chemistry background, they first placed me in the lab of the hospital where they do all the blood analysis. It was a very small room, a big team, a lot of work but nobody spoke enough english or french (and my little khmer vocabulary is also too short) to explain me what I could do and how. So it was interesting to watch for a while, especially the blood collection but after a while it became quite boring. By chance I met a girl working for Operation Smile in the lab.
Have a look at what Operation Smile is and the miracles they do! http://www.operationsmile.org/
Because of my chemistry background, they first placed me in the lab of the hospital where they do all the blood analysis. It was a very small room, a big team, a lot of work but nobody spoke enough english or french (and my little khmer vocabulary is also too short) to explain me what I could do and how. So it was interesting to watch for a while, especially the blood collection but after a while it became quite boring. By chance I met a girl working for Operation Smile in the lab.
Have a look at what Operation Smile is and the miracles they do! http://www.operationsmile.org/
I asked her if I could help anything and the answer was positive! So I worked with the post-op (post operation) nurse team. 2 american and 3 cambodian nurses. It was a really nice week! I started by giving the juices to the patients coming back from the recovery room. I changed bed sheets, filled bed charts with patient's name and medicine they have to take. I removed IV (perfusion Intra-Veineuse) and did general care. I could really, for the first time, experience the nurse job which was great! And the craziest was I could assist to a cleft lip surgery. I didn't faint! It was so interesting. I had all the explanation from the anesthesiologist and the surgeon.
Overall I was so impressed from this mission, this project, the great team. It was my best week in Cambodia!!
And to finalize it, I was invited with the whole Operation Smile team to the US embassy in Phnom Penh. I ate the best cookies in my life and real good cheese which I hadn't have in the last 4 months! For the first time in Cambodia, I had party time:-)
2 Kommentare:
Coucou nad !!
Je me surprends à encore bien comprendre l'anglais même si je ne leur parle plus beaucoup.
En tous cas,je suis super content pour toi que tu aies enfin un job dans lequel tu as l'air de t'épanouir au cambodge.
A bientôt
Bisous
Seb
hi. nati. jetzt hab ich mich mal mit tejas account angemelde. und siehe da. es funktioniert. mein passwort ist leider in vergessenheit geraten. super deine reiseerlebnisse. du schlägst dich ja wirklich tapfer. schade. dass du dein handy verloren hast. ich hätte dir schon öfter etwas geschrieben. die fotos sehen ja klasse aus. ich erzähle immer omi und opi wo du dich gerade herumtreibst.
omi geht es so lala. ist halt sehr wackelig. aber auch sie schlägt sich tapfer. liegt wohl in der familie. und opi hält den haushalt in schuss. also auch er schlägt sich tapfer. ich soll dich von der ganzen bande herzlich grüßen. wir denken alle an dich. und freuen uns. wenn wir dich wieder sehen. pass schön auf deine hübsche nase auf. und kühe melken hat noch nie geschadet. :-) herzliche grüße. küsse. umarmungen von uns allen. biine
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