Monday, June 1, 2009
Day 372: A Three Thousand Dollar Hospital
How much do you think it costs to build a hospital...$25 million, $100 million, $500 million? Well, actually it can be done with only $3000. That’s right, only $3000 will get you a state of the art Afghan police hospital. We found this out recently as we helped the Afghan police commander build his headquarters “hospital” out of a large empty room he had available. We found a contractor, bought some lumbar, added a few buckets of paint, and before you knew it we had a $3000 “hospital”. It looks pretty good, although it does have one major flaw...it has no plumbing. Yes, this currently is a non-hand washing facility. I know, it is a little unsanitary but hey, when you only have $3000 to spend, you can’t get everything you want. Pictured here is Ghulam Rasool who is one of the medics assigned to the clinic. Also you see a picture of one of the treatment rooms we created.
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I would think plumbing might be a rather important thing for a hospital! Can they at least appropriate some hand sanitizer? I hope this works out well for them.
Wow,and to think I was complaining about hospitals here. It is amazing what people can do when they are just trying to making things better. It is good to see.
It's hard to imagine a hospital without water. Some times we take simple things for granted. Count our blessings, huh? I hope they are able to get running water in their hospital soon. I love you.
Love, Mom
Hi Justin. This looks like a great effort and will no doubt provide some invaluable services for so many! It's great that you can touch so many people.
Love you lots!
Dad
Hand washing is overrated!
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