Operation Smile - Myanmar (Burma), Elle's Mission 🇲🇲
🇲🇲 15th June 2013 (Elle) I have arrived safely. Just got into hotel and have 20 mins before a bus arrives to take us to dinner somewhere. The flight went well , Yangon looks half way between Cambodia & Thailand , weather very humid. Internet patchy , no mobile reception. We were greeted at airport by locals carrying flower wreaths for us all , felt very special. My room mate is a lovely nurse from Singapore! 16th June 2013 (Elle) Today we were at the blood bank by 6:30am , this is where the screenings for surgery took place . There were so many families at the gate all scrambling for a chance to be seen. We took their vital signs and send them on to the surgeon. It was heartbreaking to tell the mummy's that their child did not qualify for surgery. The case that broke my heart was a 6 month old girl found in a rubbish dump yesterday which I was lucky enough to feed some watered down porridge. She is in hospital tonight, Vincent agreed to do the su...