RFM Clinic

Above is a picture of the out patient medical clinic at the RFM hospital here. People come early in the morning and wait for hours on these benches to be seen. It is very much first come first served so you are not givne an appointment time. They also do not do triage so people have died while waiting in the "que" (as they refer to it) to be seen. The outpatient maternal-child clinic is the most full every day with women and children waiting to be seen.

the patients are seen in the exam rooms off this open court yard area (The greenish doors)and even when it is raining this is where they wait. Not the most ideal of situations but it is what they have here. I go to my doctor at home and if he keeps me waiting more than 15 mintues I get inpatient imagine waiting all day and then being told sorry the doctor has left or that we are close you have to come back tomorrow.