Today, we visited a small nearby village. Our goal in visiting this village was to see some of the low birthweight infants that have been born at our hospital over the last 2 years. Low birthweight is any infant that weighs less than 5 lbs at birth. There were 4 children from this village. We were only able to find 1 of them. But, when people found out we were there, many wanted their children to be seen. We saw about 15 children and the same number of infants. We set up clinic outside under a tree. We did measurements and vital signs. We assessed for malnutrition. Most looked healthy. There were a handful that were malnourished, but none severely malnourished. We did refer several to the hospital for respiratory problems, diarrhea, malnutrition, and a child that had yellow eyes and a fever. Since it was 113 degrees outside, I thought for sure we would find more fevers! Loved the village visit. Planning to do an another one next week!
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