Vietnam: A Medical Mission Diary
2016; Elsevier BV; Volume: 42; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/j.jen.2016.02.005
ISSN1527-2966
Autores Tópico(s)Travel-related health issues
Resumo“Good Morning Vietnam!” I sip a chocolate mocha while gazing out French windows at a steamy Saigon street. Honestly? The chocolate mocha is instant, and the French panes are fake. I am one of 30 weary souls who traveled 27 hours with 30 suitcases of cardiac devices, equipment, and medications. Airline food was miso, fish, and dragon fruit (no wonder we saw little obesity in Asia). Three of us secured empty rows and stretched out like cats. No amount of money can buy a good night’s rest. Today we bring feeding tubes to orphans with cleft palates. If a mother in Vietnam delivers a disabled baby, there are no handouts except to orphanages. How sad that mothers are forced to allow strangers to raise their children (Figure 1). Molly B. Delaney, Member, Twin Cities Chapter 155, is ED Nurse Manager, Emergency Department, East Bank, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN.
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