Over the last 24 hours, the team has realised that there has been a physical and emotional toll to the intensive treatment of so many in such a compressed period of time. Thus, we approached Saturday with anticipation.
The clinic opened for a short time to provide some ongoing treatment to previous patients. A young man with a nasty head injury came in during this time and we were able to provide him with initial treatment which should improve his chances of recovery.
The ongoing treatment of the eye injury from earlier in the week continued. Happily, today the injury had nearly fully healed. This was a very satisfying outcome, because if this boy had not been treated, it was likely that he would have lost his eye, at best!
Part of the team was able to spend the morning in the town and live the full Ndola experience! They took patients to the local clinic and the general hospital for follow-up. More drugs were collected from the pharmacy and further general supplies sourced.
It is trade fair weekend in Ndola and the town is buzzing with excitement and travellers from all over the province. This brought all the colour and excitement of such an event within arms length of our town team.
This evening, we had dinner at the best restaurant in Ndola – Michelangelos! Those who have visited the Sistine Chapel would be enormously impressed at its replication at Michelangelos – not! However we were well satisfied with the pizza and pasta served.
