Saturday, January 25, 2014

20 Signs That You Might Be At My Clinic. . . and Not At May Clinic


1. Mouse and bat poop on the furniture in the mornings.
2. BIG spiders on the wall
3. No running water.
4. Straw mattresses.
5. Everyone drinking from the same cup.
6. Flies….. everywhere.
7. People staring in the exam room windows.
8. Price to be seen by a doctor – 43 cents….. (Medicine NOT included).
9. Bed covered with an old plastic tablecloth.
10. Using flashlights and lamps to place IV’s and deliver babies in the dark.
11. More than one patient per bed.
12. Needing 4 different languages to communicate with one family
13. Bargaining for the price of medicine
14. Paying for your meds with a chicken or pan of rice
15. Being able to buy bananas that pass by the window
16. Reusing gloves and needles
17. Women lifting their shirts and squirting breast milk on the floor to prove that they are a nursing mom
18. Old paint buckets used as trash cans
19. Delivering babies on the floor on old tablecloths
20. Patients and their families laying/sitting on the ground, floor, benches, tables, etc.