This time we were in the city of Cuzco. Only half hour ride.
We had a lot more patients this time.
People were waiting in line for us. We had the exam rooms set up on the second floor and there was such a narrow corridor to get through we were tripping over each other. In another room
there were procedures such as ear cleaning, wound cleaning, and respiratory care.
There was a lady with uterine
bleeding. She had a miscarriage and continued to have bleeding 3 months later and the gynecologist referred her to me. Why was the gynecologist
referring a patient of her specialty to me. Just a testament to the possible discrepancies in their system. So I consulted with a Peruvian doctor and she said she needed
an ultrasound.
There was a lady with scoliosis. Her baby also had scoliosis. Her husband would yell at her because she couldn't do everything for him because of her pain and because of her time caring for her baby.
There was an elderly lady whose husband hit her and beat her and she lost vision in her right eye. She had other injuries, but was soo scared to leave him for fear he would find her and beat her more. I told her daughters that they should find her a new place and live with her. And she needed to work with the pastors and the church to find a way to be strong to leave him. But in his culture it is hard to do this. I had her pray with the pastor and have a private consultation. And talked in length with her daughters about the seriousness of putting her safety first.
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