Wednesday was a day of slow progress, but slow progress is better than nothing! Soren headed out into town right away to find some parts we needed- a capacitor for a compressor and oil for the scale we had worked on which had too much rust everywhere to work properly. While he did that I continued to test the incubator and write out a guide for the nurses to use for setting the temperature. As simple as the machine may seem, there are actually quite a few steps and general things to know for when the alarm will go off and what will happen at different temperatures. Now one of our biggest concerns is that we’ve been getting many requests to fix personal items such as tea kettles, radios, and irons! Of course everyone assumes if we can fix big machines, we can fix the smaller, more “simple” things. It’s good to make friends through this but mainly a waste of time and energy when it can be put elsewhere. So from now on, we are just going to say we can only repair medical equipment. I am quite excited actually to be able to now problem solve on my own electronic devices at home if I ever have any :D When Soren got back from shopping, we finished calibrating the scale and returned it to the TB ward. Then we did a quick fix on a water heater (there are so many different varieties of water/food heaters here it is craziness) and went into town to get extension cord wire. Since we’ve been working outside, it has been really hard testing things since we have to find somewhere to plug it in! Luckily we found a place with a good cord and got 10 meters so we can work better
Thursday:
Wednesday night I ended up typing up a manual with some pictures so the incubator would be ready for instruction and use. Nuru let me know in the morning that the labor ward had requested my assistance when I could and it ended up being yet again another problem with the entire power supply of the building. Almost all of the fluorescent light bulbs are out because they blow out immediately when installed in the faulty wiring. I wish I could think of something to help but even if we bought stand up lights, they’d need to be plugged into the wall which is all wired wrong. I’m still brainstorming! After lunch we delivered the incubator and I gave one of the main nurses we’ve been working with the instructions and showed her how to use it. It’s hard to say if they will end up using it. There are SO many babies born each day that it’s almost silly just to have one incubator and all the rest laying out in beds in just as warm of an environment. We got the oxygen concentrator -turned air compressor up and running with a new starter cap. All we need to do is find some hosing and a correct fit to be able to pump up all the hospital wheelchairs!
Thursday:
Wednesday night I ended up typing up a manual with some pictures so the incubator would be ready for instruction and use. Nuru let me know in the morning that the labor ward had requested my assistance when I could and it ended up being yet again another problem with the entire power supply of the building. Almost all of the fluorescent light bulbs are out because they blow out immediately when installed in the faulty wiring. I wish I could think of something to help but even if we bought stand up lights, they’d need to be plugged into the wall which is all wired wrong. I’m still brainstorming! After lunch we delivered the incubator and I gave one of the main nurses we’ve been working with the instructions and showed her how to use it. It’s hard to say if they will end up using it. There are SO many babies born each day that it’s almost silly just to have one incubator and all the rest laying out in beds in just as warm of an environment. We got the oxygen concentrator -turned air compressor up and running with a new starter cap. All we need to do is find some hosing and a correct fit to be able to pump up all the hospital wheelchairs!
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