Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Monday in Nakhon Phanom

Our first clinic day in Nakhon Phanom started with an hour long series of speeches and photo ops by the local organizers at the Nakhon Phanom Hospital.

By the time we set up the clinic and ironed out the flow, we ended up seeing only around 160 people in the eye clinic.

The ophthalmologist at the hospital doesn't want us to do eye health checks; he only wants us to refract (determine glasses prescriptions).  We are set up in 4 refracting lanes, 3.5 feet apart in a 10 foot by 20 foot room.  Fortunately the air conditioning is working well.



In the evening we had a sunset boat cruise on the Mekong River followed by dinner at the hotel restaurant.  I ordered Tom Yum which is a "hot and spicy" Thai soup...and yes, it was!  My tongue now hates me...at least whats left of it.

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