Private Surgery
Many of our friends and family members have expressed concern about the quality of health care here in Swaziland, so I wanted to do a quick post to set their minds at ease. Most people are aware that here on the mission we actually have two clinics: one specializing in HIV / TB and another that deals with general health issues / maternity / etc. We have 8 nurses that live within a few hundred feet of us and a doctor who works with our clinic. This is by far the closest we have ever been to basic medical care and assistance.
But, if that was not enough, we recently discovered a place within 20 minutes of that offers private surgery if we should ever need it:
With a facility this close and convenient, we might just have to undergo some elective surgery. I am sure it is cheap and we could always use a good appendectomy or lobotomy!
NOTE: This is obviously written tongue in cheek… but in all honesty, we do have access to surgical services within an hour of us, and "first world medicine" is available just across the South African border.