Monday, June 11, 2012

My first day at Centro de Salud de Monagrillo!



Today was my first day at the health clinic here in Chitré. The clinic is called Centro de Salud de Monagrillo.  Everyone was very welcoming when we arrived.  I was placed in the pediatric section of the clinic and was able to work with tiny kiddos all day! I was in heaven, for sure! :) I spent most of the day weighing the babies, measuring their length, and also measuring their head circumference.  It was slightly difficult to communicate because everyone, once again, only spoke Spanish. 

After the health clinic, we were able to come home and change quickly then went to the Universidad de Panama.  There we met the director of the university, he thanked us for coming to Panama to help out, and also wished us a great experience.  It is a pretty big thing in Panama that students from a Florida university visit, so the newspaper crew was there and others from the university to take pictures of us. Here is a picture of our group with the President of the university:
We ended up eating lunch in the cafeteria at the university then had class afterwards, which was basically just an introduction of what is to come in the next few weeks.  A typical weekday for me will be heading to the clinic in the morning, eating lunch at home, and then heading to the Universidad de Panama for our class meeting.  I am excited to see what tomorrow has in store for me at the clinic again.  We will be rotating throughout the different departments while we are here to experience the different areas! Until next time... chao!




XOXO, Jenny


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