Day 40:
Today we played hooky from work and went on a day-long trip with CSIM. We first went to this place called Navadarshanam, an organic farm compound just outside of Karnataka. There are only a couple people that actually live on the property but a lot of people from the surrounding villages work there too, and it was interesting to hear about their farming, solar powered electricity, and organic food. We listened to a short talk by one of the men there, and then were able to explore a little on our own. We also had this really awesome natural, home-cooked lunch!
Today we played hooky from work and went on a day-long trip with CSIM. We first went to this place called Navadarshanam, an organic farm compound just outside of Karnataka. There are only a couple people that actually live on the property but a lot of people from the surrounding villages work there too, and it was interesting to hear about their farming, solar powered electricity, and organic food. We listened to a short talk by one of the men there, and then were able to explore a little on our own. We also had this really awesome natural, home-cooked lunch!
After leaving Navadarshanam, we drove to the Narayana
Hrudayalay Heart Hospital, which is a place that Navee wanted to visit. It’s a
huge hospital (1000 beds) and is known for its world-leading cardiac
specialists and care. We were given a short tour of the Pediatric Intensive
Care Unit and Telemedicine Center, where doctors are able to conference with
patients/doctors at other hospitals all over the country. The pediatric center
was especially moving; it’s hard to see all those little babies and kids lying
there hooked up to ventilators and all sorts of other tubes/wires. We then went
to a little talk by another hospital staff member. It was actually annoying
because while I’m sure many of the doctors have well-meaning intentions, this
man was basically preaching about how the hospital is ranked #2 in the world
and that the surgeons can “replace a heart valve in fourteen minutes,” rather
than talking about quality of care and success rates. But overall, it was still
a really great visit. If I had more time here, I think it would be interesting
to visit such an advanced hospital such as this- definitely a much different
experience than RMH.
Finally we went out to dinner and had a really great meal of
paneer, daal, roti, rice, and chocolate cake for Laura’s birthday!
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| One of the buildings at the farm |
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| Yummy lunch! |
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| On our walk |
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| Village on our way to the farm |
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| Temple just outside of the hospital It had four different rooms; one each for Hindus, Muslims, Christians, and Sieks Pretty cool...this would never happen in the US! |
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