Today was a most interesting day at the clinic! I'm very sorry I didn't have my camera along to take pictures to blog with this but I'll do my best to tell the story.
We had just got started on our day when a motorcycle came flying in the laneway. I asked Hannah,"What in the world is with the guys on this moto?" Didn't take me long to see there was a guy driving and a guy on the back holding another guy who was limply hanging over the side! Uh,Oh!!! this doesn't look good.!! They raced in and plopped him on a bed and the next half hour was complete chaos as we tried to listen to what happened and who hit who etc. etc. Finally we figured out this guy got hit by a vehicle and the driver was at fault,but was vehemently denying it! It made quite a ruckus!Nobody seemed as concerned about the injured victim as about what happened and who's fault it was! Oh dear! The family of the injured was already holding the driver's car hostage while they were all arguing at the clinic. Finally doc got them convinced to just call the police and take care-well that can be interesting in Haiti!
It wasn't long before the police jeep came in the lane. The guys were all business as they strode in and got the driver of the vehicle and a friend that was on scene. The back door of the jeep was opened and the two individuals were herded in. Moments later they were out the lane and off to the police station in Malpasse and that was that!! I guess we'll never know what happened but we can only imagine since hitting a person in Haiti can cause a big problem!!
Meanwhile the victim was lying quite still on the bed and we later wondered if he had a concussion. Finally the nurse got an IV going and with some help from administrative staff they arranged for our ambulance to come and pick up the victim and take him to Port au Prince to a hospital. Since the ambulance was already gone on a run we had to wait till after 1:00p.m. to take him in to town for further help.!
Please continue to pray for us as we work with situations like this. May we remember that God is always in control and he gives his perfect wisdom.