Just a quick note to let people know that we are all fine here after cyclone Lusi's passing. The winds never got as bad again as when I decided to board up all the windows earlier in the day. The following morning saw all the staff on hospital hill poking their heads out of their homes like meerkats to find that little damage had been sustained to the area. There were no significant problems at the hospital. The X-ray machine is broken again, but that's unrelated.
I gather from the weather reports that Lusi just barely missed Tanna so we were quite lucky in the end. Unfortunately all the rain is going to be bad for our emerging dengue fever problem, a disease that is transmitted by mosquitoes. Nine hundred cases in Vila over the last 2 months. Now 8 cases here at our hospital.
The mosquito that transmits dengue is active in the early morning and late afternoon. It transmits the virus from an infected patient to a new host by biting them in sequence. In other words, if you want to contract dengue, be a doctor doing morning rounds on dengue patients. Yeeesh.
Sean
Hola from Costa Rica
ReplyDeleteIt's raining for the first time (during the day) so I thought I would catch up on some internet reading with my morning coffee.
First of all Happy Belated Birthday to you and your creepy toes! ;>
Glad to hear that the hurricane missed you guys.
Great pictures of your adventures. So great to see the kids with those huge smiles. We were recently at Arenal Volcano in CR but jealous that it didn't look anything like your volcano adventure!
Keep up the writing.
Hi and hugs to all
Pat