A trip to the hospital

I've recently learned that all of the kids in Dwan Madiki are actually still at their boarding schools until August. Sadly, we won't all be together here near the office, but that just means we get to go visit their individual schools!

The only student I HAVE gotten to meet is Atim Sharon... big smile, 14 years old, 1st in her class.

She came home recently with a toothache so I offered to go with her to the hospital today.

Picture this:
You are 14 years old.
8:00am the Lacor hospital gate opens
people flood in so quickly that you may need extra medication just for the headache
You wait 20-30 minutes for an entry receipt
You wait in line to meet with a Medical History doctor
You wait in line for the dentist about 1-2 hours
You have a tooth extracted without pain killers.
You spend another 40 minutes waiting in line for the Pharmacist to return.
You get your medicine.

Basically, Sharon and I spend 4 hours at the Lacor Hospital today waiting in lines, and all it cost for the visit, the tooth extraction, and the post-medicine was 7,000 schillings (about $3.50).

The least I could do afterwards was tell her how brave she was and buy her some cold milk!