A woman and her child, smiling because we gave them an Izzy Doll, and a fellow carrying 32 bricks!
Hello again, We had a terrific couple of days, getting to know the staff of GCCN (Grameen Caledonian College of Nursing) and doing the last minute things for today's workshop. We had a great day, Canadian nurses don't complain, Bangladeshi nurses have 2 nurses on the ward for 80 - 100 patients! Partly because of a shortage of nurses, and because the system has always been this way. Families must come in to care for their family member, doing all personal care for the client. The nurses do procedures and give out medications only. They also have to count stuff, if a pillow is missing it gets deducted from their salaries, so they are busy counting pillows, wheelchairs, etc. Our two partners are Rakesh and Anna. Rakesh is a Nepali nurse, educated with a Masters in Public Health and now working in Bangladesh. Anna is here from the UK, volunteering, since her husband is on a engineering project here, building low cost housing. In our apartment lives the Director of Nursing, Barbara, a volunteer Freya from the UK teaching English at the College, and Ralph and I. Great experience.
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