THE IGHIEL MEDICAL DISPENSARY

IN 1993, DOCTOR LUCI'S ONLY FORM OF TRANSPORT TO THIS VILLAGE WAS A HORSE AND CART. THERE WERE NO PHONES AND SHE COULD ONLY HOLD SURGERY HERE ONCE A WEEK.

THE SURGERY WAS A RAMSHACKLE SHED LIKE ROOM THAT HAD ONE BED AND A CHAIR IN IT AND WAS HEATED WITH AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS LOOKING OPEN ONE BAR ELECTRIC FIRE. WE WERE GIVEN A PLOT OF LAND BESIDE THE SCHOOL FOR THE BUILDING OF A NEW DISPENSARY. WE WORKED WITH THE ROMANIANS AND BUILT A SMALL THREE ROOMED BUILDING THAT WOULD SERVE AS THE NEW SURGERY.

FOR HEAT WE INSTALLED A CERAMIC WOOD BURNING UNIT. FRESH WATER WAS RUN FROM THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAD INSTALLED AT THE SCHOOL. A LAVATORY WAS NOT NEEDED AS IT WAS ONLY A SHORT WALK TO THE ONES AT THE SCHOOL. WE BUILT A DESK AND DELIVERED A HOSPITAL BED HERE ALSO. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROJECT.