OUR TWO NURSES WORK IN THE HOSPITAL

Maua incubator

The two nurses on our VIM team, Darlene and Shirley, worked in the hospital.

Darlene worked with the babies. There is an AIDS orphan and a baby born at 28 weeks who has encephalitis (SP?) but is sort of healing herself. Two babies are HIV positive. The incubators are simple wooden boxes warmed with light bulbs.

Shirley worked on the surgery wing.

Both came away impressed with the staff and the amazing things they accomplish with so few resources. We hope to raise funds to send baby blankets to the hospital when we get home as they have very few and the babies in the incubators sleep on rumpled up rags instead of mattresses.