It's a small world after all..

Baby B's future pediatrician back home has a physician friend who lives in Majuro. She told him that we were coming and he offered to help one of our own Filipinas.  We went out for dinner at the Chinese restaurant on Thursday night. With his help, I was able to get Baby B's vaccination records as well as another US family's vaccination records for their toddler. It is a good thing to have.

I also asked for a tour of the 70 bed hospital.. and today was the tour. It was very interesting for me to see the hospital. It seemed relatively clean- if you overlooked the ants,flies, roaches and dirt on the floor. There was only one CT scan and it was not working. The mammogram machine not working. One EKG machine and a 4 suite OR. The ambulance had 2 flat tires. There were mostly semi private rooms with 4 beds per room. There is a 17 dollar co pay per day but no one pays it. No concerns about LOS- it is all government funded. I actually met one of the flight nurse at the Tide Table - who is a yachtie. I met a few nurses and the ortho doc. I tried to see PT/OT but it was closed.

Here is a sample of medical waste security.