Last week I served as an assistant-translator for a gentleman visiting from the U.S. on behalf of Children’s Medical Missions. While normally I am in the clinic, my work this week highlighted the importance of patient advocacy. With local volunteers, we visited the poverty-stricken home of a twenty-one-year old woman's family. Since birth, she has been severely mentally disabled and bed-ridden. The purpose of our visit was not to suggest new clinical treatments or an operation, for nothing of this kind would be of help. Rather, we spoke with the mother about fitting her daughter for a specialty wheelchair and dropped off medical supplies. Other work throughout the week included helping a young paraplegic man repair his electric wheelchair and installing an electric generator for the new clinic. It was quite humbling.
Moreover, not being extremely knowledgeable in the world of machines, generators, and wheelchair mechanics, I learned some basics and quickly picked up some Spanish words for mechanics:
Learn 5 words now:
Tools- las herramientas
Screw- el tornillo
Washer- la arandela
screwdriver- el destornillador
hammer- el martillo
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