Visiting Iambi Hospital
On Friday, October 5, while the Traveling Women were working at the Women's Day of Sewing , the Traveling Men went a further 50 minutes down the (very bumpy) road to visit Iambi Hospital. The Iambi Hospital is a private hospital, under the auspices of the Lutheran church, and managed by Pastor Manase Msengi, who is also an attorney. He is in the center of this photograph, where we are meeting several of the doctors on staff. Now before I go on, I want to try to emphasize some important points about the Hospital, which will get buried if I continue with a straight chronological telling of the story of the day. Two of the biggest jobs of the staff at this hospital are the treatment of AIDS patients, and the Palliative/Hospice care they provide for people in the region who cannot get to the Hospital. Large parts of the Hospital are reserved for clinics which are open on Monday and Thursday each week. These clinics are visited by people who need to come ...