What is going on in there?

A few years ago I worked (as a volunteer) in a clinic in a township. It was the most amazing thing for me to be next to a vaccination room and in a busy clinic. I would see about 20 patients a morning. It certainly made me think fast and work on my feet! I have mentioned one of these patients in a previous blog: A learning curve. 

The Sister of the clinic would decide who would come to me and whom she and the other nurses would treat. She made no comment to me for many weeks and then one day when I was locking up my room she asked me “What do you do in there? Everyone comes out smiling!” At first I did not know how to answer her, until I realized that I listen to each and every person that came in (with a translator). The nurses and the assistants in the clinic began to consult me as well; it was an honor to be seen as an equal rather than a threat.

I made a lot of friends there and found that I was confident to run a clinic with only natural practitioners (volunteer based) and we worked with the ‘conventional’ clinic. That is evolution, I think.