| 2010-05-31 (Mon) | Dining in Quy Nhon, Vietnam |
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(amIMG_4062) Mon, 904p
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| 2010-06-01 (Tue) | Going aboard the USNS Mercy for two-week duty |
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(amIMG_4066) Staging area at Quy Nhon dock to board shuttle boat to USNS Mercy
| 2010-06-03 (Thu) | Breakfast on the ship |
(amIMG_4070) Capt Huynh (US Navy) and Tuyet
(amIMG_4071.) Group pictures of CD-NTH volunteers (Tuyet's high school friends in Vietnam).
After the shuttle boat dropped at dockside at Quy Nhon, we go through Vietnamese passport control
(amIMG_4073) Medical clinic for the day is at a school in Nhon Hau. Many people are already waiting.
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(amIMG_4082) Returning to the ship after a hard day's work (Thu 635p)
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(amIMG_4093) Nightly debrief to the medical team members (Thu 800p)
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| 2010-06-04 (Fri) | Duties with the surgery teams aboard USNS Mercy |
(amIMG_4102) Tuyet and Ngan
Dressed up for the Operation Room but they will not let me actually do the surgeries. I guess you have to be an real doctor!
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(amIMG_4107) Cataract surgery
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(amIMG_4117) Recoery Room
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(amIMG_4121) Boy after surgery (see 4014 above before surgery happens)
(amIMG_4123.) Same boy now in recovery room
(amIMG_4124) Dr Lim (2nd from left) who did surgery on boy.
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(amIMG_4126) Girl after surgery. Girl born with only kidney.
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(amIMG_4130) Dr Cannizzo (USMC, LtCol) on left did surgery on this girl.
(mIMG_4131) Fri 117p Elderly had cataract surgery
(amIMG_4133) Boy with clept palate after surgery
(amIMG_4134.) Baby girl with clept palate waiting for surgery
(amIMG_4136) High level Vietnamese government official (Minister of Health) comes to visit the hospital ship
(amIMG_4140) Man has dental work done on ship.
(amIMG_4141) Night time on ship. Korean-American student nurse and Tuyet visit burn victim (named Ly) burned by acid.
(amIMG_4142) US Navy person on right cooks and provides food for patients for this adult ward.
(amIMG_4143) Burn patient named Kim Anh and Tuyet
| 2010-06-05 (Sat) | Breakfast begins another work day |
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(amIMG_4145) Wow! The US Navy serves Starbucks.
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(amIMG_4150) Clinic at Phuoc An school
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(amIMG_4152) Lady is 116 years old
(amIMG_4159) USNS Mercy on left and Japanese Navy ship on right
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