January 14, 2013

Orientation and training - official start of clinic

By jon

The team woke up well rested after having a great night at the home of a local government official.  We had great local food and beer and a few brave souls got up on stage and sang karaoke! We met the secretary to the king of Cambodia! This morning, We had a small briefing then headed to the clinic site which is a few minutes from the hotel at a local elementary school. We broke into groups and had a chance to learn all aspects of the clinic process, from visual acuity, dilation and auto-refracting to eye health, inventory, and dispensing.  After orientation, our hosts took us to a great restaurant along the banks of the Mekong River where we dined alfresco on local food, including some awesome Tom yum soup!   After dinner we had a chance to participate in a thai tradition of lighting paper lanterns and sending them off into the night sky.  The lanterns signify sending all the bad energy and obstacles in your life away...it was a great beginning to what is going to be a great clinic!  The entire team is excited to get started and we plan on helping 900 people receive the gift of sight tomorrow!  Sawadii khup!

4 Comments

  1. Fred Barias says:

    Great job, Jon and team! Looking forward to seeing pictures of the journey.

    Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2013 10:27 pm EST

  2. Odette says:

    It sounds like a wonderful start to an AMAZING clinic! wishing the entire team well and a special shout out to Shelly-Ann from South Africa! We thinking of you!
    Hugs
    Odette

    Posted on Tue Jan 15, 2013 12:23 am EST

  3. Nancy Hessler says:

    Thanks Jon for keeping us up to date. Praying you have a wonderful two weeks in Thailand, and make wonderful memories.

    Posted on Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:51 pm EST

  4. Christine Wilson says:

    Best wishes to team Thaland 2013, from SGH SA. Know you will have an awesome time!As always, looking forward to reading clinic blog.

    Posted on Wed Jan 16, 2013 6:34 am EST

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