Totally Exhausted...

... and it's only Monday.

We went cross country to a new clinic and sat in on 14 new cases. We didn't stop for lunch and only briefly for the toilet, though to be fair that was partly due to the toilet. (Please understand that these are squat-over-a-hole-in-the-ground toilets, so I have now become proficient in weeing & flapping around at the same time to discourage the mosquitoes.)

In the UK I would expect to take about 1.5 hours for each new case.

There was a fascinating range of people, including an old lady who was tiny and had to be carried in and a lady who had a black tongue - a sign of AIDS in Africa. We were all crammed in to a small room for many hours (there are now 4 of us on our induction week) so we probably drank a few gallons of water and ate enough biscuits and nuts to feed as small army.Fortunately we were able to keep making jokes which kept our spirits up. 

More of the same tomorrow so I need my bed....