Kurset / The course

Der er stadig lidt Cuba at fortælle om. Som på de andre ture, var vi godt rundt i det lokale sundhedsvæsen. Denne gang var det faktisk temmelig imponerende! Selv om mange ting var gamle og slidte, havde de veluddannet personale og behandling for det meste. Dette her var en akut-stue på et sundhedscenter. Det ser ganske vist skrammet og slidt ud, men jeg ville ikke være bange for at få en blodprop i hjertet lige dér. De havde præcis, hvad der skulle til!

There are still things to tell about Cuba. Like on the other tours, we were well introduced to the local health care system. This time, it was quite impressive! Although much of the stuff was old and worn, the people working there were well educated and could treat most diseases. This was the acute-room in a health center. It looks really old and beaten, but I wouldn't mind having a cardiac attack right in that place. They had everything they needed!

De gjorde en dyd ud af, at 99,5% af alle kvinder fødte på hospital. Derfor er deres spædbørnsdødelighed også utroligt lav. (Især efter de indførte CPAP, så de for tidligt fødte nu også overlever i fin stil i forhold til før, hvor de nemmere fik infektioner!)
Dette er indgangspartiet på et mor-barn hospital, der mest beskæftiger sig med fødsler.

They really did everything to make 99.5% of women giving birth on a hospital. Which is why their infant mortality is so extremely low. (Especially after starting the CPAP treatment, the premature infants also survive well, compared to before when there were more infections!)
This is the entrance on a maternity-hospital, mostly dealing with child-birth.

Vi besøgte også et stort børnehospital, hvor jeg hørte den underligste introduktion til en børneafdeling (øh. Hospital) nogensinde. De fortalte længe og uigennemskueligt om dødeligheden (af alle ting!), om, hvordan så få patienter døde osv. osv. Meget mærkeligt. Selvfølgelig var der patienter der døde. Man kan ikke behandle alting! På et stort hospital med kræft-afdeling er det selvfølgelig også lidt flere. Men måske udskrev de dem først?

We also visited a large children's hospital, where I heard the strangest introduction for a pediatric department (ahem. Hospital) ever. The spoke very long and very mysteriously about the mortality (of all things!), about how few patients died and so on and so forth. Very weird. Of course they had patients dying! You can't treat everything. In a big hospital with an oncology-ward, there had to be a bit more than other places. But maybe they sent them home first?

Der var fine dekorationer. Jeg kunne vældig godt lidt skyerne i loftet, ihvertfald, og de (få) patienter vi så, virkede glade og tilpasse. Sådan skal det jo helst være på en børneafdeling!

They had nice decorations. I really loved the clouds in the ceiling, and the (few) patients we met, seemed happy and at home. That's the way it should be in a pediatric department!

Det meste af kurset var dog undervisning. Så derfor fik jeg strikket så utroligt meget! Det mest engagerede (og faktisk ret gode) foredrag handlede om diarré.
Billeder var så passende bæ-brune. Der var en, der gik op i tingene!

Most of the course was classes, though. That's why I got to knit so much! The most engaging (and really good) talk was about diarrhea.
The slides had just the right shade of brown when talking of diarrhea. Someone loved his subject!

Vi så også parasitter i laboratoriet. Hvor jeg GODT kunne holde hænderne i lommerne. Hold op, som jeg ikke lige skulle have noget på fingrene dér!
Men det var så også det sidste om Cuba. I kan glæde jer til at høre om 8 timer i Toronto.

We also saw parasites in the laboratory. In that place I was GREAT at keeping my hands in my pockets. I really didn't want anything on my fingers in that place!
But that's the end of my story about Cuba. You can look forward to hearing of my 8 hours in Toronto.