Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Butaro Hospital

The Health Unit where I work took an all day field trip to Butaro Hospital way out in the middle of nowhere. It was about a 3 hour ride outside of Kigali on crazy one lane dirt roads that had been severely impacted by the recent rainy season (read: there were mudslides and parts of the roads were washed out). Add in semi trucks barreling down towards us and its no wonder I kept telling the driver "stay on the inside, stay on the inside" that way we were against the mountain and not the drop off. All the trials of the road trip aside, this was a beautiful scenic journey and one seriously amazing hospital.
color-coded to assist with illiteracy - just follow your color on the walls and the signs - this was the OBGYN ward

the view from the crazy roads

A typical ward - but look how clean it is!

Umuvumu Tree

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