Aug 8th, 2014:
After more than 24 hours of traveling, we (and our luggage) landed at the Nagpur Airport at 8:30AM. We reunited with Cyndi from Jhpiego and got on the rides that would take us to the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (M.G.I.M.S.). Through hazy, jet-lagged eyes and fuzzy car windows, we experienced our first taste of India during this one and a half hour ride.
It didn't take long before the cars took us away from the city and enter the countryside. Small, 1-storey houses with Zinc roofing were a common sight before greens took over both sides of the roads. Potato, corn, sugar cane, banana, papaya and rice fields stretched across our field of view. A large stretch of what used to be potato fields was actually up for sales. Cow seemed to be a common farming animal in this area as we saw many of them on the fields.
The roads were rather empty during that time of the day but we saw many people walking along the sidewalks. Students walking to school in groups, men walking their cows along the fields, and women in their colorful dresses along the sidewalks carrying something on their back. After crossing over a train track, we started to see more small shops lining the streets. They were selling anything from fruits and vegetable to sunglasses. At one point, we passed a big well in front of a small hut. The sign read 'Raw Water Pumping Station' (yes, in English). I hope we will get to find out later on where the water comes from and how it is processed before use in the houses and the hospital. Not too far from the well, a big sign board was put up for a 'Super Specialty Home Care' campaign. Again, hopefully we will find out later what this is all about.
At around 10AM, we arrived at the guest house where we will be staying for the next two weeks. We stopped by the institute to get registered for our stay. At the entrance of the institutes, we discovered our first resource-limited-analogue-of-US-infrastructure in the form of a 'Distance Air Cooler'. 'Distance' for being able to cool air 50 feet away from the actual machine. We will share pictures and more details about this air-cooling box later!
Tomorrow we will be visiting the OB/GYN department at the institute. It will be our first chance to observe the healthcare here in Sevagram as well as talk to some of th medical students and residents at the institute. We might also get a chance to visit the solar cell facility nearby!
After more than 24 hours of traveling, we (and our luggage) landed at the Nagpur Airport at 8:30AM. We reunited with Cyndi from Jhpiego and got on the rides that would take us to the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (M.G.I.M.S.). Through hazy, jet-lagged eyes and fuzzy car windows, we experienced our first taste of India during this one and a half hour ride.
It didn't take long before the cars took us away from the city and enter the countryside. Small, 1-storey houses with Zinc roofing were a common sight before greens took over both sides of the roads. Potato, corn, sugar cane, banana, papaya and rice fields stretched across our field of view. A large stretch of what used to be potato fields was actually up for sales. Cow seemed to be a common farming animal in this area as we saw many of them on the fields.The roads were rather empty during that time of the day but we saw many people walking along the sidewalks. Students walking to school in groups, men walking their cows along the fields, and women in their colorful dresses along the sidewalks carrying something on their back. After crossing over a train track, we started to see more small shops lining the streets. They were selling anything from fruits and vegetable to sunglasses. At one point, we passed a big well in front of a small hut. The sign read 'Raw Water Pumping Station' (yes, in English). I hope we will get to find out later on where the water comes from and how it is processed before use in the houses and the hospital. Not too far from the well, a big sign board was put up for a 'Super Specialty Home Care' campaign. Again, hopefully we will find out later what this is all about.At around 10AM, we arrived at the guest house where we will be staying for the next two weeks. We stopped by the institute to get registered for our stay. At the entrance of the institutes, we discovered our first resource-limited-analogue-of-US-infrastructure in the form of a 'Distance Air Cooler'. 'Distance' for being able to cool air 50 feet away from the actual machine. We will share pictures and more details about this air-cooling box later!
Tomorrow we will be visiting the OB/GYN department at the institute. It will be our first chance to observe the healthcare here in Sevagram as well as talk to some of th medical students and residents at the institute. We might also get a chance to visit the solar cell facility nearby!
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