amazing anecdotal tales of helping @ketzalli run her COVID clinic in a resource limited and rural settings, each carrying a practical lesson:
#1 - the thing about opening a non-profit clinic is that although it was made specifically for COVID, people can and will hear about its existence and show up with a vast array of different conditions
esteemed and beloved quetzal, at 3AM: “So I kinda need your help with the clinic.”
(quetzal is allowed to request my help with medical work at unholy hours because she is my favorite medical student on god’s green earth)
Quetzal, second year med student, well versed in mitochondria and VDJ recombination of lymphocytes: “There is an emergency”
(i have written a protocol on how to proceed upon COVID emergencies but i do not mind when quetzal asks me questions because i love her)
Me, splashing water on my face to wake my two (02) neurons: “What happened”
Quetzal, second year med student, probably not well versed in advanced trauma life support: “So, someone got shot -”
(i have not written a protocol for that)
#2 - in a setting of high linguistic diversity, unexpected communication issues may occur
quetzal, giving me the morning run down on the patients: “Some kids got here today, they speak a different dialect!”
me, calculating who to move around so we can fit all the patients into a limited amount of rooms without mixing the confirmed cases with the non confirmed cases: “Really.”
quetzal, excited about the opportunity to acquire knowledge that is not medical: “Yes! They are teaching me some words.”
me, fascinated by vast linguistic diversity in a relatively small community, but mostly worried about so much fucking virus everywhere i hate this virus so fucking much: “What words?”
quetzal, renowned political figure amongst her peers: “Nice ass”
me, chain of thought interrupted: what
quetzal, physician in training, filled with decorum: “Nice ass!!”
me: “how old are the kids”
quetzal: “like 9 and 11 I think”
me: “…..okay. So I was thinking maybe you could move the patients in room 3 and 4 to a single room -”
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