First day of clinic, Ben Tre

Today we depart hotel at 7:00am for a short ride to our first clinic location of Ben Tre. When we arrive we are greeted with about 80 medical patients and 50 amputees who have been eagerly awaiting our arrival for months. To a newcomer it looks overwhelming, but with deep breathes and trust in our training, the team tackles the adventure. Our pharmacy/medical mission has multiple goals, two of which are to provide orthopedic care to patients who have malnutrition and partake in hard labor. Second is too fit leg/hand amputees with lightweight universal prosthesis following land mine injuries from the war, traumatic injuries and medical complications. There is an organized flow within our clinics, of which I will blog about individually. Needless to say, we depart clinic at 6:30PM (ortho/pharmacy team) and 10:00pm (Prosthetics team), with a grand total of 126 orthopedic patients and 57 prosthetic legs and 7 hands. Not a bad first day!!!!!!