I surprisingly had more energy today than I did yesterday! I think my body is better adapted to the altitude than it was a few days ago. Today was another day of classes for 7 hours. We watched this movie from Peru and played Spanish scattegories—those were the highlights. In the evening we had a presentation on the healthcare system of Ecuador. They passed a law several years back that allowed for free maternal health care and free health care for children under 5. They have a pretty high number of teen mothers, and a high maternal mortality rate. A lot of the mothers don’t receive good healthcare during their pregnancy and often if they have a long walk to a clinic or hospital they will stay at home for their labor and birth. So whenever there is a postpartum hemorrhage they usually die. Anyway, that’s just a bit about the healthcare.
Tomorrow is the first day of my clinical rotations. I will be following a doctor who travels around to different clinics, so it will be a good opportunity to practice my medical and conversational Spanish. I’ll tell you all about it tomorrow.
Tonight after dinner I taught Kristen how to play Bezique and she definitely enjoyed it. Oh and this is for you Michael—in our first practice round we played an open hand and I got a double bezique. It was totally awesome. Anyway, Kristen liked the game a lot. I’m sure we’ll play again at some point.
Cultural note of the day—Ecuador include tax in all their prices and its muy excelente. I wish they did that in the U.S.
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