Today was lively to say the least! I woke up with an upset stomach and at 6 a.m., definitely not how I wanted my day to begin! I proceeded to a whole American breakfast of my usual wheat toast and egg whites, how adventurous! I have stuck with a very bland diet and I have been doing fairly well, thank gosh for the Americanized food! We left the “Royal Court” at 9 for the Mission Hospital which is only a 15 minute ride. I am not used to traveling everywhere via vehicle, considering Iowa City is very walkable and so is Madurai, generally speaking!
Upon arrival at the hospital we were greeted with tea, coffee, cookies and biscuits. This is not out of the ordinary, either! A tea and coffee break is recognized as a mid morning/late afternoon tradition in India. Everyone in India will stop for tea and coffee at some point and it is fabulous to think that every working person will stop there work in order to socialize and rehydrate in a sense. I am pleased with the coffee, minus the whole milk, and the tea is quite good as well. P.s. Whole milk is the only milk offered here, looks like I will be lactose and tolerant for the next 2 weeks! Following our break we were given a presentation concerning the Public Health in India, via Oma, as well as a presentation about the hospital and how it connects with the Micro Finance Women. The presentation was interesting and gave us an in depth view of how the health care system works in India and what encompasses it as a whole.
The presentations were a great transition into our research. We used the information provided to gain a base knowledge upon with to begin our search on the health of women in rural southern India. We are specifically working with cervical and breast cancer mainly focused on knowledge and awareness for screenings. We began research around 11 and ended the day around 6:00 p.m. I am fatigued with a very terrible headache, to bad I have to finish our pamphlet tonight in order to get ahead of the game. We plan on implementing our pamphlet by Thursday at the latest; meaning we finish it tonight/tomorrow morning, turn it in to be printed and have it ready to be administered! When all the behind the scenes work is being done Jackie and I will be doing various activities. Such as working on our final PowerPoint, evaluations as well as viewing a few births in the OB/GYN clinic! This I can not wait for! What an amazing experience.
Today was long but not every stimulating, we were in the conference room the whole day while it was 95 degree outside, what a joke! We will be getting more free time as the week progresses and I hope to find out more about India in the two short weeks I have left! I believe that is all I have for now, off to research and plan.
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