Palace

I går var vi på tur! Vi nåede at besøge 2 hospitaler (et stort og et lille) samt et health center. På det lille hospital hang denne oplysende plakat. Noget med, at tigeren siger til myggen, at alle er bange for at blive bidt af en tiger i skoven, men i virkeligheden er det myggebid, der slår flest ihjel.......

Yesterday we went on a trip! We managed to visit 2 hospital (one large, one small) and a health center. On the small hospital was this very informative poster. Something about the tiger telling the mosquito that everybody is afraid of a tiger-bite when going to the forest, but in reality, mosquito-bites kills more people........

Der var fine huse bag health centeret. Bygget med dejlige, luftige strå-vægge! Garanteret ret behageligt, især når det bliver rigtig varmt.

There were some pretty houses behind the health center. Build with lovely, airy walls made from straw! I bet they are quite comfortable when the heat really starts.

Vi kom også forbi et vaskeægte kejserpalads! Det viste sig, at Burma også har haft dynastier af kejsere, og bl.a. på et tidspunkt havde indlemmet Thailand i deres rige! Dette her er dog ikke paladset, men huset for "Bee throne". Kejseren havde åbenbart flere troner. Hvorfor den hed en bi-trone, aner jeg ikke.....

We also passed a real emperor's palace! Turned out that Burma has had a dynasty of emperors, just like China, and it was kind of big. At some point, they even ruled over Thailand! This isn't the palace, though, but the house of the "Bee throne". The emperor apparently had several thrones. Why it is called the bee throne. I have no idea why........

Inde i selve paladset (som lå ved siden af) var der mægtig smukt. Storslået, men alligevel enkelt med guld og spejl-dekorationer. Faktisk tænker jeg måske, det ville være en ide til min stue?

The inside of the palace itself (right next to the Bee throne house) was amazingly beautiful. Spectacular, but still kind of simple, held with the gold and mirror-decorations. Actually I believe this may look good for my living-room?

Dette her mønster kunne man bruge til en sweater.....
Vi så selvfølgelig også en masse syge børn. Nogle var det skønt at se, andre blev man noget mere trist af at se. Det er ikke altid det nemmeste, når man har et begrænset antal undersøgelser, behandling og opfølgning efter udskrivelsen at gøre godt med!
Alt i alt har det dog være vældig inspirerende og opmuntrende at være her. De burmesiske læger er virkelig dygtige og engagerede og havde udvalgt nogle sygdomme som vi bestemt ikke ser i DK!
I morgen er kurset så slut, og det står på ferie. Jeg regner med internet, men vi får se.....

This pattern could be used for a sweater.....
Of course we saw a lot of ill children as well. Some were really nice to see, while others made you feel very sad. It is not a very easy thing treating children when you have only this many investigations, treatments and follow-up things to do!
All in all, it has been really inspiring and wonderful to be here. The Burmese doctors are very good clinicians and very engaged, and picked some diseases for us that we definitely never meet in Denmark!
Tomorrow the course ends, and vacation is coming up. I count on an internet connection, but we'll see....