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2007
medical mission to the ChaZhu Valley Clinic
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Sara
Jones-Gomberg, Wendy Steiger, Carmen
Smyth and Corinne Collins were lead by Dorjee Tsewang,
visited the ChaZhu Valley clinic in July 2007.
During
their staying at the clinic. Wendy did a wid-wife training
program; Corinne assisted Wendy and trained Dr. Sonam Ji
with medical knowledge and usage of medical equipment; Sara
checked eye patients as her profession; Carmen shot pictures
and documented every moment.
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Sara
Jones-Gomberg is shaking a 86 years old woman in Adai village.
During in the ChaZhu Valley Clinic, Sara checked all the eye
patients, as she is planning to do cataract surgery in the
clinic in the future. |
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| Corinne
and Wendy are working with Dr. Sonam Ji checking 10 to 20
patients daily in the ChaZhu Valley clinic. Majority of the
patients are women and children. |
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Dr.
Sonam Ji is demonstrating her skill on Ultrasound to Corinne
and Wendy at the ChaZhu Valley Clinic. Dr. Sonam Ji said,
the Ultrasound machine has shown great improvement on detection
of internal illnesses. Especially it helps greatly with
pregnant women. Dr. Sonam Ji said after she purchased this
equipment she has detected many internal illnesses that
wrongly diagnosed before.
Dr.
Sonam Ji said that 85% of her patients in the ChaZhu Valley
clinic are women and children. So, she is very happy that
she has proper tool to serve her community.
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| Corinne
and Sonam Ji are diagnosing a monk patient. They both feel
that the monk has high blood pressure. The monk is a little
disappointed that there is no medicine to cure his illness. |
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Corinne
is teaching Sonam Ji how to keep track of all her patients.
If any patients return in the future then, they have their
records for any follow up treatments.
Dr.
Sonam Ji is excited to learn the importance of keeping track
of all her patients.
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After
1 hour bumpy driving at 3am in the morning, Dr. Sonam Ji
successfully delivered a baby in a clay house. The patient
is about 25 miles away from the clinic.
Corinne
and Sonam Ji are doing follow up check for both mom and
baby.
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On
July 29 2007, before Corinne and Wendy's return to California.
They are sitting down with TAF president and Dr. Sonam Ji
and Dr. XiaWo. They are exchanging each other's thoughts
and defining some challenges.
They
feel that health education to all villagers are very crucial.
And they need to encourage villagers to do regular check
ups at the clinic, i.e. Prenatal care for pregnant women.
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