On Thursday we visited the Kim Long clinic, run by a branch of catholic nuns here in Hue. They are some amazing people and all very dedicated to the work that they do. Through funding from donations and charities, they are able to provide free care to the area's most impoverished. (We have been in Hue's hospital for a couple days - pictures to come - where many if not most cannot afford the life-saving treatment or medications necessary, so I can only imagine the situation the folks that come to Kim Long clinic are in). We came to Kim Long on a day when they were not seeing patients because of the Tet holiday (lunar new year), but we were told they see about 200 patients a day between about 4 medical doctors. They also have volunteer doctors that come in to help on their days off from work. Overall, I have been blown away by the commitment that medical providers have to their patients - I think we can learn a lot from them in the U.S.
Entrance courtyard
The waiting room where patients cue up by numbered seats
Traditional remedies and herbs: since western medicine is very expensive, the doctors here will mix up a concoction of herbs depending on the patients' signs and symptoms to use as a tea or paste.
The dental room
The ultrasound machine with one of the sisters
An exam room
Patient bed
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