Today our volunteer medical team visited two more schools and screened another 700 students. A common disease that they are finding and treating is a skin rash known as scabies that is spread by a small mite. About 10% of the children have this. More serious is that a few children in each school need surgical intervention for conditions ranging from hernias to heart problems. Fortunately, the visiting team has a pediatric surgeon with them and they are attempting to treat some of these children in a nearby hospital. This is difficult for many reasons ranging from the lack of space and resources to bureaucratic issues. Nonetheless, today they were able to treat two children today who needed minor surgery (photo below).
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