1st day in india... AWESOME!
We got orientation for what we'll being doing this summer. The people here are soooo nice! we have a house keeper family here, they clean our stuff and make chai 2x a day... mmmm masala chai
We got orientation for what we'll being doing this summer. The people here are soooo nice! we have a house keeper family here, they clean our stuff and make chai 2x a day... mmmm masala chai
Breakfast is amazing... Fresh fruit plus toast. Fruit here is everywhere- abundant and cheap. I could eat a million little banana's. The mangos are SUPER delicious- its mango season and there are carts everywhere trying to sell them (about 50cents a kilo)
So our 1st job of the trip was to take BP's in the waiting room at an OB-GYN office. I was taken back, they asked us if we knew how to take BPs. Apparently only in 4th year do Indian med students learn clinical skills, they learn only theory 1st-3rd year. Today was a short day, we spent only a few hours taking BP's and measuring weight. We couldnt take the BP's on the muslim women, because men arent allowed to touch the women unless they are family members or their husband... culture check. The resources they have are super limited. The exam room was small, with the bare essentials. The blood pressure cuffs they gave us seemed to be from the dinosaur era, really puts into perspective what we have back home.
The Indian people in general seem to be fit, there is little obesity. Our blood pressure screening was effective as we were able to identify people with previously undiagnosed hypertension.
Its interesting in India... they start their days at 10am. (I could get used to that.) They do go to work and the children do have school on Saturdays, usually a half day- starting at 10am and finishing around 1pm.
Its interesting in India... they start their days at 10am. (I could get used to that.) They do go to work and the children do have school on Saturdays, usually a half day- starting at 10am and finishing around 1pm.
Food was sooooo good today. Got dahi puri from a cart (prob not a good idea as dahi puri has raw vegitables, and the cart vendors have no way of washing their hands) it was SUPER good then went to a restaurant and got paneer chole.. best thing i've eaten ever, and it was like $1.75 for the entire meal (+naan +mango juice +masala chai). We got burfi for desert (funny name) super sweet and delicious.
This is a picture of outside our front door in the morning of the house we are staying at. Absolutely beautiful house.
A picture of a child at the OB GYN office getting his BP and weight checked.
