Patutan Ecuador: A blog discussing the challenges of rural medicine

globalvoicesonline.org reported…In a corner of Ecuador in Patután, Cotopaxi [en], the people are connected to the world thanks to a blog: #ruraleando. It’s likely that the patients who visit this parish’s Health Clinic have no idea that each day at the end of her shift, Denisse Calle (@niches13) publishes, without fear or self-censorship, the problems and progress of the health system, and tells of what she has lived since beginning her placement as a rural doctor. She does this because she knows what she’s talking about: she questions, analyses, tests and proposes solutions.

If you have a look at #ruraleando, you might stop to read about day 112, when Doctor Calle met Segundo, an addict in rehabilitation who arrived with an intestinal infection, and left smiling ear to ear after being given a new opportunity to begin again.

There is also the story of a 29-year-old patient with high glucose levels, who, after arriving at the hospital for testing was simply told that he looked fine, and should come back four days later –and not one test was performed! Read Article
The blog may be found in Spanish at: http://hmedic.com/ruraleando/

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