Today we packed our 4wd and drove the short drive to the airport where we were to catch our plane to fly 15min to visit a community and deliver their medications and any medical attention required. Normally we have our plane - the 1975 'Datsun of the sky'. However our usual piolet was away so we would be flying with another aviation group as we did last week.
We arrived to find that we didnt have a plane booked as our receptionist has recently left for 2 weeks and somewhere along the line our flight was never confirmed... we book a flight for tomorrow. Once we returned to the office we received a phone call from a local hospital informing us that 2 people are due at the hospital tomorrow for which we need to arrange a flight. Organising is left to us 2 nurses as the new health manager is away until thursday. We are unable to arrange the flights and the appointments are rearranged.
During our time looking for a patient a mother shows us the sores on her 2 year old son. The little boy has scabies and sores to half his lower back and head from scratching. They dont look infected and the boy is given treatment and the mother told to come back to the clinic tomorrow. Will she return? The rest of the day is spent following up people for health reasons or arranging appointments.
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