It may not look like it, but I am doing Medical work too

I realize that a majority of my blog has focused more on the extracurricular activities and experiences. I have been doing medical work as well, really. The clinic in general has not been as busy as I expected. Part of it is that there is enough staff to see their current patient load. The other issue is that it is bad luck to be sick near/the beginning of the new year. We did have a rather busy day on Monday, we saw just over 100 patients. On average the clinic sees roughly 60 pt's per day. The numbers for this January were up 25% from this time last year. The leadership here feels that with the continuing boom of the casino industry the patient load will only increase. Majority of the illnesses here are similar to that of the States. I have seen alot of URI, acute bronchitis, flu, and ear infections. Conditions like T.B. are much higher in our differential here, we have placed a number of ppd's. (a way to test for tuberculosis) None have come back positive yet, but I am sure we will have at least one case before I leave. About 25% of their patient population is dealing with chronic illnesses. Again, similar to the U.S., hypertension, Diabetes, and high cholesterol being the main three.

Below is a picture from one of the parks. I thought this was an interesting way of leaving your mark in the world. (graffiti that is)