weekend away

Well it's been a fairly normal week so far for us. The hospital was a bit subdued on Tuesday because unfortunately 2 patients died on Monday night. They were both acutely ill and we can't think of anything more that could have been done here, but they don't do post-mortems unless there's possible foul play, so we'll never know. 
Otherwise, things just plodded along as normal. Mia went out 'on tour' in the boat with one of the doctors as well as a couple of nurses and the dentist. They visit areas that would otherwise not have any care but because these areas are quite numerous, most only get visited once every 6 months. Apart from one with a district nurse based there, that means that they have to wait for this, or paddle (or get their family members to paddle) the 4-8hrs to the hospital. This explains why many patients present so late in their illnesses. Hopefully I'll be going out on a similar tour with some of the nurses next week if they go. 
I don't think I'll be posting any updates until Monday as a few of us are going to an island called Tetepare about 90mins boat journey from here for the weekend. It's very remote, but is meant to be beautiful, and I'm really hoping that we might see dugongs, or MAYBE turtles nesting!
Hopefully I will have lots to tell, and lots more photos by the time we all get back.