Fri, 2 of May 2014

Day one
At the beginning of my day I did not know what to expect and what was expected from me. Due to my uncertainty, I met with my friends in front of the hospital before hand; this was to make me feel comfortable in my surroundings. Once I had met my friends outside the hospital, we went to meet the supervisor; there I explained my position, that I am a student and that I wanted to spend some time helping those who are disadvantaged and to give back to the community, at the same time this would be helping me with my project. Then I met MR (Almzroy), he gave me a form to fill out,

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this form asked me about my skills. After all the paperwork was completed, I was introduced to a Doctor who gave us a brief introduction about the background of the hospital, a brief outline about the eighteen different types of impairments which are treated in the hospital. I was told that a small number of two people have passed away in the past two years and a few patients have done so well that they have been able to be rehabilitated and have returned to their home. After this short brief introduction we were given a tour of the facility, on this tour I was told about four wards. The first two wards had elderly men, the third children and the forth women.

The first ward had elderly men who were either burnt or in car accidents, I had met a few of these men and spoke to them, I felt sad and felt grateful for all the things I had. The second ward has elderly men who were in more complicated situations, here the men often forgot things, or they had difficulties in hearing or in speech, all of these men were permanent patients and who stayed at the hospital all the time. The third ward was a children’s ward, these children did not stay here all the time, they came only during the day and after they returned to their home. I thought that this was good as it gave the family of those children a rest and also gave the children a change of scene.

The forth ward was a woman’s ward; we did not go into here. After seeing these four wards, I was shown to a therapy room; here in the therapy room there were different types of equipment to help aid patients to help rehabilitate them. I thought that this was good as it would help patients to progress day by day.

                     

                                     

              

The last room I was taken to was an activities room, here patients made soap and candles, this was activities for those who lived in the hospital; I was amazed to see the many colors of candles, I also thought that this was very good as patients who stayed in the hospital had something to do.

Next time we plan to take patients of the hospital to the mall, I think this is a good trip to go on and I think it is a good way of integrating the patients into society. I also think that this would give them more motivation to get well soon.