On the afternoon of June 65438+1October 65438+March 3, local time, Cai Senming, Counselor of the Economic and Trade Office of the Embassy in South Sudan, held a pre-departure mobilization meeting. Cai Shen pointed out that it is of great significance for the medical team to go to the remote areas of South Sudan for free consultation. It is the best interpretation of the spirit of "not afraid of difficulties, willing to contribute, saving lives and saving lives, and loving without borders". It is an important commitment to fulfill the social responsibility and international obligations of the medical team and a concrete embodiment of the responsibility of a big country. All the team members should have a unified understanding in thought, make careful arrangements on the itinerary, attach great importance to safety, make careful preparations on materials, overcome all kinds of difficulties, and successfully complete this free clinic task.
14 at 7 am, all the team members boarded the bus and set off for Juba airport. The car is full of medical supplies and people, and the air is filled with excitement, expectation, anxiety and uneasiness. Of course, there is dust everywhere. ...
Juba airport is not big, there is only one runway, and a small United Nations propeller plane is lying quietly in the corner waiting for our arrival.
After a simple security check, we packed and checked medical supplies, and then boarded the commuter plane one after another.
At 9: 20, the plane took off trembling like people's anxious hearts. In a blink of an eye, Juba is at your feet. Looking at Juba from high altitude, there is a different feeling.
Overlooking South Sudan from the air, the Nile meanders and flows silently; The vast wasteland is overgrown with weeds; Wildfire is accompanied by smoke; Low huts scattered during the period; Bare dirt roads and traffic.
10: 30, the plane arrived at Palok airport. CPECC leaders waited for us on the tarmac early. It's good to have relatives from the motherland in such a remote and barren place.
With the help of CPECC, we lived in a board house with barbed wire all around, which was transformed from a container. There is no internet in public canteens and public toilets, and there is almost no signal on mobile phones. Fortunately, there is electricity. We are satisfied to have such a good campsite in such a barren place.
After a short rest, it was too late to adapt to the local environment. 14: 30, we set off for the first stop of the free clinic, CPECC Company Hospital, to treat the local people.
The hospital is invested and operated by CPECC, mainly serving the local people who lack medical care and medicine, and the diagnosis and treatment are all free. In the process of diagnosis and treatment, what I feel most is the simplicity of local people, their peace of mind and their helplessness in the face of diseases.
Accompanied by relevant leaders of CPECC, they said that investing in oil production here indirectly promoted the local economic development. However, due to the unstable political situation in South Sudan, the deteriorating economic situation and the poverty of the local people, CPECC invests millions of dollars in free medical care every year and gives back to the local people in the spirit of family and humanitarianism in China and Africa.
In the free clinic that afternoon, * * * treated 100 people, mainly malaria, pneumonia, trauma and tropical skin diseases. Local people and medical staff are happy with the arrival of the medical team.
17: 30, the free clinic ended, and the team members returned to the station and had dinner in a hurry. Everyone is exhausted. At this time, the sun is setting, and the banana trees and bougainvillea have a strange beauty in the afterglow of the setting sun.
I want to take a walk in the yard in my spare time. The local people told us that it is safer to hide in the house than in other places, where pythons haunt at night, especially in the world of mosquitoes, flies and scorpions. Hearing people tremble with fear, it is better to curl up in the board room. In this way, I quietly spent the first night without internet and telephone.
The moon is bright outside the window, and the sky is like a tripod. Occasionally a few bats glide in the shadow of the moon. ...
15 at 8: 00 am10, Palok Friendship Hospital, the second stop of the free clinic.
On the way to the hospital, I briefly enjoyed the original ecological human landscape in Africa. It's shocking to come into contact with such a short distance for the first time. Rough dirt roads, weeds all over the sky, pieces of acacia trees, low thatched houses, barefoot children, women with plastic buckets on their heads, water wheels pulled by donkeys, wandering wild dogs, grazing cattle and sheep. ...
Palok Hospital is about 20 kilometers away from the station, and it takes nearly an hour to drive. The hospital also received assistance from CPECC and received full funding. The hospital has more than a dozen employees who are responsible for the basic medical needs of the surrounding tribes. Due to the lack of maintenance, the hospital's medical equipment and infrastructure are basically paralyzed.
Our arrival attracted a large number of people. It was dark and the crowded venue was not spacious. Some people are sitting, some are lying on the ground, and some are cooking by the fire. This scene is like a market, like a picnic, like a stroll. ...
The busy free clinic began, but the seemingly chaotic scene was surprisingly quiet. In front of the clinic, local doctors and priests began to preach, and the kind God was everywhere. The local patients are very disciplined and orderly, unlike the domestic bee pupae.
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Busy, time always flies. In order to see more patients and relieve their pain in a limited time, all the players simply don't care about drinking water, and they don't have time to go back to eat. Because of their ugliness, they just asked the residents to send food. Without desks and chairs, they can only sit on the ground or stand in the corner to fill their stomachs.
There are more and more patients without rest at noon. The sun is like fire, and the heat is unbearable. People are thirsty, too They are afraid to drink water, not because they are not thirsty, but because there is no toilet here. ...
After work at five o'clock, I returned to the camp. The shabby minibus has no air conditioning and whines and jumps on the dirt road. It's dusty outside, and the players on the bus are completely ashamed and tired, but everyone is happy inside. On this day, I have done more than 300 free consultations, and I feel that my efforts have been rewarded. Perhaps this is "the initial heart does not forget, the mission is on the shoulder"!
16, the third day of free clinic. The scene is the same, the scenery is different. The only difference is that the weather is hotter, there are more people, we are more tired and have a stronger sense of harvest. ...
Put a picture of an African house to relieve visual fatigue.
17 is a big day. At the end of the clinic, the Ambassador of China to South Sudan and local tribal chiefs came to visit us. Moved, the sense of honor doubled.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, we finished the free clinic, packed our bags and returned to Juba. On the way back, our internal medicine director Xu unfortunately contracted malaria, high fever, chills and fatigue. He was alive and kicking, but suddenly he faded.
For four days and four nights, we worked by ourselves and always wanted to do more for the local people and leave more. However, a drop in the bucket cannot fundamentally solve the situation that the people of South Sudan lack medical care and medicine. I look forward to the gradual transformation of South Sudan and hope that the people of South Sudan can have basic survival guarantee. Our medical team in China has been assisting South Sudan for just one year. It is better to do more than nothing, and it is better to do more than less.
May South Sudan have a beautiful tomorrow! Just like this ubiquitous bougainvillea, gorgeous flowers can also bloom in this barren land.