It is a new morning at Manik Farm, Cheddikulam, Sri Lanka. The health post is getting crowded. From as early as 7am, the displaced Tamil patients have begun to make their way there, many of them women and children.
A large bus carrying a load of nurses arrives. They alight in their clean and well-starched uniforms, their blue and white-striped pinafores in stark contrast to the barefooted children, many of whom have not cleaned themselves and most have no shirts on their backs.
The clinic is up and running, thanks to Sri Lankan doctors arranged by the Ministry of Healthcare and Nutrition.
Many of these doctors are from the south of Sri Lanka and have volunteered to be on the roster.
The Mercy Malaysia team continues to assess the situation at the health post in Zone Three.
The strong winds overnight have sheared off a part of our wall and the zinc sheets flap violently. Read more ...
Monday, June 8, 2009
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