Day 4 - Mon 5/17

Worked in clinic all day, at the registration/ records/ billing office. My project is to review/ re-alphabetize the files in a-z order. The system is kind of multifaceted. Removing duplicates and making sure med histories are complete and easy to find. More than 20,000 records at the clinic and it's only been open since 2006! Many new walk-in patients daily...

Lots of upset kids, but clinic does dental extractions and circumcisions so I hardly blame them. Finished up around 4, only done w/ about 25% of the files, but covered in dust and bug poo from the file cabinet.

After work, went to the local tailor in the village. It's about a 15min walk. Tailor shop is next door to fabric shop. Each is basically a room. I now have a very accurate mental image of what a sweat shop is. :D There was mucho sweat, literally and figuratively, in those shops. Anyway, I got a large swath of fabric and ordered a dress. Total cost for everything - $7.

Here is a picture of Y and me with the tailor shop staff. They are fantastic and super friendly. If you are in Nyakato, you MUST go spend your shillings there. :)