Dienstag, 9. Mai 2017

Bagan: die Praxis von Dr. Hla Thun


Vier Tage in der Woche arbeitet Dr. Hla Thun als Schiffsarzt auf der „Road to Mandalay". Die restlichen drei Tage in der Woche gehören den Armen, den Menschen, die sich einen Arztbesuch in einer privaten Praxis nicht leisten können. Diese wunderbare Arbeit leistet der Doktor seit zwanzig Jahren. Seit dem letzten Jahr unterstützen wir sein Engagement. Das Foto zeigt Patienten, die vor der Praxis warten. Hier sein letzter Bericht:

Good evening, I wish to update you about our social activities in Bagan clinic. We treated 1904 patients in February, 2017. Here are some cases: old man fell down to the pan which was used for boiling toddy palm sugar while he was roofing the tent with toddy palm leave 8 years ago. Since then, he could not walk. He was trying to stand independently after being treated a month ago.   2 year old girl from Chin State came to see me for limp because of congenital dislocation of her left hip joint. We referred her to Yangon Children Hospital for operation and she did not understand Myanmar language. She was crying and we asked her mother about her cry. Her mother replied me that she missed her father because they left from village for 3 days. We also supported her transportation and
accommodation fee. We also had a chance to donate reading glass to old patients 4 to 5 times per year. A volunteer nurse helped us by means of checking blood pressure, dressing change, preparation for injection for 2 weeks i.e. 6 days [we open clinic for 3 days in a week] Best regards from Bagan, Dr. Hla Thun