Today we were invited to tour the nations only children's hospital in UB, Mongolia. The director of the nursing school manages all here interns at the hospital. After Barb and Sue spoke to her nursing students on Monday, she wanted us to see the hospital also. There are 300 beds for children and 300 beds in their maternity ward for mothers. Children with serious conditions come in from all over the country, because the medical clinics in their villages are not equipped to care for them. As a result, mothers come with their child and stay in the same bed with them until they are released from the hospital.
All the cost for the children is paid by the government. We visited many rooms full of children and gave out gifts to them. You will notice that Rick and Bill had to wear capes while in the hospital because there is so much dust in the air outside. We thought we were Superman.
After leaving the children's hospital, Rick and Bill toured Gandan Buddhist Monastery.
This evening Barb and Sue had their second night of the women's conference, while Rick and Bill spoke at a young men's cell group.
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