The RADION Journals: Diary : Medical Mission 7-10

What an awesome week !

Here is a short update on what happened last week.

The team of doctors helping out in the medical mission and getting ready to launch.

Wednesday our team launched into the tribal village of Nam Juang. The meteorological agency sent out a warning of heavy rains and floods. And true enough it was raining cats of dogs, it was so bad that the bridge in our village was torn away by the sudden water surge.

A sight of the flood on the way up to Nam Juang

The drive up to the village was not easy, with roads scattered with portholes, debris from landslides and not to mention the thick mud which almost got our truck stuck. But we made it out smoothly and the effort was worth every bit when you see the lives being touched and impacted in a practical way-providing medical care. In a single day, we provided medical care to more than 100 villagers.

The area that the tribal leaders allocated for use for the medical mission.

Medical mission commences in Nam Juang

The rain just continued and our worst fears came through the next day when we moved out from Nam Juang to the neighboring village of Nam Kap. The mud road has turned into a mud slide and to get through it, cars will have to use momentum to get the vehicle up.

It was our turn, we reved the truck up and got up the hill with the car fishtailing out of control and we landed in a ditch. Fortunately no one was hurt and with the help of the locals, we were able to pull the truck back out.

Next our worst night mare, the patch of thick mud has further degraded threatening to derail our medical work in the next village.We prayed as we drove through and other than the undercarriage hitting the mud floor, we managed to miraculously get through the mud sludge with some effort.

Medical mission at Nam Kap

In Nam Juang, we saw another 80 patients. After 2 days of back to back medical missions, the medical inventory was largely drained and we had to rush back to restock for friday's mission.

Helping a child with a massive ear infection

Home visit to a blind man who could not make his way to the field medical centre.

The field medical centre

We were stocked up and ready to go the following morning. And reach Nam Sai after a 3 hour journey. The people were already at the site and waiting for us to arrive. We distributed 300 blankets, hygiene items and provided medical care to more than 120 patients in 6 hours.