Last week

What a week! It has been a very busy, interesting and difficult week for us.

Ananda has been really busy in the engine room. The seawater suction intake for the generators and a.c. systems are getting blocked due to the floating plastics and other debri around the ship. This gives a lot of additional work, cleaning strainers etc. (every hour).

The screening for potential surgery candidates last Monday did not go as planned. People got hurt and many were shocked and shaken. Please see this link for more information http://www.mercyships.org/blog/entry/screening-day-update

In the Hospital we have been very busy setting up. We've unloaded containers, labelled, put away, stocked OR's, wards and sorted lots of stuff. Wednesday evening we had open house in the Hospital.

Rick and Andre found out their bloodtype, saw their own DNA cells on the coolscope, found their veins, raced to fill urinals with... learned CPR, dressed up like surgeons and operated on a monkey, learned some nursingskills and did lots more. Always fun these open hospital evenings!

Sorry tried to add pictures..no success I'll try later.