How to treat tuberculosis, as discussed by CHSC missionary surgeon, Will Caire, serving at Diospi Suyana Hospital in Curahuasi, Peru.
We do not actually treat tuberculosis, because the government is in charge of the treatment. So a patient like the above will come in looking very malnourished and chronically sick, and even if I cannot diagnose TB in the moment, I will send them on to the governmental health care clinic near their pueblo to have TB ruled out. It is tough sometimes, because you are torn between whether you should admit to the hospital this very ill looking patient, or whether you should send them on to the place where they can get a more definitive treatment. This patient I sent on, and I hope it was the right decision.
Diospi Suyana (which means “We trust in God” in the Quechua language) is dedicated to reaching out to the highland Indians of Peru in obedience to Matthew 25 and Luke 4. The mission desires to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ among the Quechua people and to give an example of God’s love for the poor by working to alleviate human suffering. The Quechua are the descendants of the Inca people who were conquered by the Spaniards.
We do not actually treat tuberculosis, because the government is in charge of the treatment. So a patient like the above will come in looking very malnourished and chronically sick, and even if I cannot diagnose TB in the moment, I will send them on to the governmental health care clinic near their pueblo to have TB ruled out. It is tough sometimes, because you are torn between whether you should admit to the hospital this very ill looking patient, or whether you should send them on to the place where they can get a more definitive treatment. This patient I sent on, and I hope it was the right decision.
Diospi Suyana (which means “We trust in God” in the Quechua language) is dedicated to reaching out to the highland Indians of Peru in obedience to Matthew 25 and Luke 4. The mission desires to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ among the Quechua people and to give an example of God’s love for the poor by working to alleviate human suffering. The Quechua are the descendants of the Inca people who were conquered by the Spaniards.
