Day 20-23 and a little tour of Christian Hospital Mungeli

We've had another quiet week around the hospital. We've been seeing patients in the clinic and a few cases in the OR, as well as several childbirths.

Us students are trying to savor our last days together, at least with Alex and the Norwegians (as Lindsey, Megan and I are hitting the road together!). We've headed to the pool most afternoons this week to cool off as the temperature here has been rising. We lit a fire on the roof last night, opened a couple of beers and sat talking for a few hours.

I thought I'd give y'all a little tour of where we've been working all month. Having seen and heard about other facilities in the area, CHM seems like the most incredibly beautiful place to work. 

The front of Christian Hospital Mungeli

And from the road


There are two large gardens at the center of the hospital full of lush green and flowering bushes


We're fairly convinced Christmas decorations stay up all year.


The wait outside the outpatient clinic.


Dr Deeptiman seeing a patient in the clinic.


Have you ever seen such a pretty hospital?


The second floor, where there are 3 or 4 nursing classrooms.


One of the two operating rooms.

And the other.

Front of the hospital.

The 7 bed emergency department and surgical recovery room

The ED pharmacy on the back wall of the room

(Largectile = Thorazine apparently?)

The NICU

Caught this lady mid-yawn!

 
The labor and delivery room. I personally haven't seen two women laboring side by side, but apparently it happens occasionally. 


The maternity ward. Women recovering from birth, both vaginal and caesarean. 


Men's ward. The gentleman in the foreground lost his lower left extremity to an infected diabetic ulcer, just as we see all the time in the US.

The chapel 

One of the guest houses

The guest mess hall/lounge. The pictures on the wall are many of the guests and students who've stayed in the past. 


A typical night's dinner. Enormous mound of rice not pictured.

I was clearly starving this night... Most of the food is strongly flavored and pretty spicy. It's almost always vegetarian. So delicious!

Tomorrow we leave for our travels around south India, Nepal and then north India. We'll see if I have the internet connectivity to blog. No promises.

We're sad to leave this beautiful place but excited to see more of India.

xoxo,
Lily