St. Joseph's is lucky to have a regular rotation of student interns to help with hospital operations. They have a partnership with a university in Lira, whereby approximately 200 students (mostly studying nursing) come to St. Joseph's Hospital for five months.
It's amazing because St. Joseph's only has about 200 full-time employees so staff is almost immediately doubled. The students do a lot of the grunt work at the hospital and it's not always ideal. The language barrier is huge, especially since we serve the rural areas where people speak little English. I was looking at the patient records the other day and I found that patients' villages were often either illegible, difficult to decipher or all together wrong. Although it has its challenges, the student intern program seems to work out well for everyone involved.
Last week marked the end of the current students' internship. I was sad to see them go as many of them have assisted us with our programs. I told them I would see them off when their "bus" left and I was a bit shocked to see their transport. Their ride would be at least two hours on a dirt road and I'm fairly certain this is part of their "transport provided" deal.
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| This is less a bus, and more a vehicle to transport animals like cows. |
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| Double stacked. Wow. |
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| The "bus" does not provide shelter from the sun, unless you're on the layer beneath. |
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