First day in hospital

Today was my first day going to the hospital. I actually slept through the whole night. I am really hoping that jetlag does not catch up to me. Woke up around 7 and got ready to go. The other interns left at 8 and me and the new intern left at 8:30. We went to the hospital in a tuk tuk. It's a three wheeled big mopead with a seat in the back 3 can fit and then driver in front. It was so fun driving through the streets In an open vehicle and seeing people. People walk everywhere and walk along the road. Being white and a female people stop and stare when we drove by. It's not a bad stare people here are very very nice and always shake your hand and say hi. It's very different just always getting looked at and being different. 

We got to hospital,and got our placements first. I will be doing for one week each internal medicine, surgery, gynecology and obstetrics, and then pediatrics. After placements we met Anthony and he took us around and gave the tour. The hospital is big. So much bigger than what you would think. The building with wards was built in '81. It's amazing what they have built in the area. 

They have so many different areas. We saw the maternity ward, post and prenatal, the delivery area, we went and saw pediatric ward, dialysis, accident and emergency, medical wards, and ENT. They have both wards and then outpatient clinics. The outpatient clinics are only open certain days and there are many many people lined up. 

I am so excited to do rotation in the maternity ward and be in delivery room. Two interns her from England are studying to be midwives and I am so interested in their stories. There is one other American here from Texas but 4 from England and 3 from Australia. Us two Americans are the only premed everyone else are med students. So it is nice to be with them and they said if I don't understand things to definitely ask them. It is exactly what I was hoping for with med students taking me under there wing. 

We went after hospital today to a school. We got to go in the classrooms and help teach and play with the kids. We got to go to then to the space next to their school and play relay games and then football ( soccer) my team won two of the relays. It was so much fun. The kids are as tough as nails. They get hit and just go with it even if they are in pain. 

 We go to the school Monday and Tuesdays and then one class comes to our compound for swimming lessons. So it will be so amazing to help with that. Had chipatis tonight first time they were delicious. And my new Australian friends bought baked beans to do beans on toast. Can't wait to try that. It's full of adventures!