Day 2 in Nakhon Phanom

It was a busy day today in the eye clinic.  We had an unexpected delay in the morning and arrived later than anticipated.  We worked until almost 6 pm to make up the time.  We saw an estimated 280 people in the refracting lanes today.

Some of the people we are seeing are traveling from far distances to see us.  Apparently there is not good access to refractive eye care and prescription glasses for many of the working population.  A lot of people are coming in with glasses that they purchased off a rack at a store.  We assume they just look through them and pick whichever power they think they see with the best.

We aren't seeing as many sun-related eye conditions here in Nakhon Phanom as in Lopburi, but still we are seeing quite a number of cataracts and pterygium.

Almost all of my patients are older than 40.  We have seen very few kids. 

The people are genuinely grateful and very cooperative as patients.  We were applauded when we arrived at the hospital by the waiting masses. 

For dinner this evening a number of us traveled up the street to a pizza restaurant - though they ran out of dough after 3 small pizzas..... so we ended up with more Thai food.