Today we went to Mt. Meru hospital. It's the largest hospital in Arusha with 450 beds. Because it's a public hospital, it usually has lot of broken equipment that needs repair. It's an ideal place to send the students to get accustomed to working in the hospital environment.
We usually work on the equipment in a yard at the back of the hospital. You can see some students opening up an oxygen concentrator on the ground. At the end of the day it was still broken but we at least diagnosed the problem to be with the valves in the motor.
Mt. Meru hospital is appropriately named for its great view.
Happy after a long, productive day at the hospital!
This picture was taken as we were leaving the hospital at one of the two stoplights in Arusha. From the photo you can see how many motorcycles (piki pikis) are on the roads. Wherever you look, you see them. The bikes come cheap from Asia and are an affordable way for people to get around quickly. However, many piki piki drivers have almost no regard for rules of the road and are the cause of many road deaths and injuries. Orthopedic wards are filled with piki piki drivers and it has become a growing issue in recent years. The piki pikis are one of the reasons why roads here are so notorious and dangerous.
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