Day 6: Moving Right Along

It is crazy to think that it’s already Friday and our first week at Roosevelt has come and gone. We spent the morning in Gastro working on the remaining broken equipment there. It’s amazing that in only 3-4 days we have made a significant impact on their equipment. Today we fixed another monitor, tested outlets, worked on a blood pressure monitor that is more than 50 years old and potentially repaired the last broken monitor they have, we will find out on Monday if it’s functioning after it’s new batteries recharge. 

Before we fixed the monitor Imani's heart beat was a little spastic...

Working in gastro has been extremely rewarding for a number of reasons: we have successfully fixed 2 endoscopy towers, 2 monitors (potentially 3), we work along side a wonderful staff of nurses who have always been welcoming and informative while working along side us, we have been told countless times, particularly after a repair, that we are a “blessing” and that we are saving the hospital and patients thousands of dollars and directly impacting the state of the unit. We have promised them filters for their respirators, a new bp cuff and pump and a pulse oximeter we have brought with us. 

The WUGI team with the wonderful gastro nurses.

They definitely have a great sense of humor that's made gastro (of all things) fun.

We spent the second part of our day touring the infant ICU that actually has large plastic crates full of broken equipment. The infant ICU and maternity wards are extremely crowded—there is hardly room to stand. It is clear that any help we can provide them will be appreciated.

Outside the entrance of the maternity ward.

Inside the infant ICU.

They decorated for mother's day in the marternity ward.

We left Roosevelt a little early to get ready for our weekend of truly being tourists. We are headed to Panajachel, a beautiful town on Lake Atitlan. More to come on our trip, breathtaking pictures guaranteed!