i don't think there any other western doctors in town
keep getting calls from the ex pats 'such and such gave me your number ........."
the hospital isn't built yet! i have no facilities to see anyone so it's open air medicine
there have been a few impromptu clinics at the temples during English lessons
have been searching for conventional creams to treat the plethora of skin conditions
i spent days asking for a treatment for scabies
the backpackers are shopping for diazepam and look at me horrified when I ask for a treatment for scabies
the chemist ask me to show them my rash
phew, i can say, oh no it's not for me
have been offered heaps of potions and none of them would have worked, one was bleach!
anyway, this morning i received a telephone call from one of the novices
he had had a fever for a few days and asked for advice
i cycled to the temple imaging this must have been what it was like when i was a lad in the good old days before the nhs!
we hadn't finished our consultation before the other novices were practising their doctor skills
these two would both like to become doctors, i might be asking for help you with their university fees!
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