{"id":16,"date":"2009-02-07T21:33:24","date_gmt":"2009-02-07T21:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/kirstenmcnamara\/?p=16"},"modified":"2015-07-19T21:58:52","modified_gmt":"2015-07-19T21:58:52","slug":"ganges-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/kirstenmcnamara\/2009\/02\/07\/ganges-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Ganges River"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"holy-dip\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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The medical director, Dr. Sujith, came back to the clinic today after being in Delhi for a few days. We met him for the first time, and he is extremely friendly and likes to give a lot of teaching.\u00a0 He has been orienting us more to the clinic, and giving us plenty to keep us busy – we\u2019ll give short presentations each morning on a certain topic related to the patients in the hospital, and we will work on a project over the next two weeks studying breastfeeding practices in the area.<\/p>\n

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Tomorrow we have\u00a0a trip planned to the Ganges River, which is India\u2019s largest (and most polluted) river.\u00a0 It is considered by many to be holy water, and people frequently bury their dead relatives there with the\u00a0belief that this will provide them with a good afterlife.\u00a0 People also take trips there to dip their bodies in the water to wash away their sins.\u00a0 We will go have a picnic there with other staff from the hospital.\u00a0 The weather has been very warm and beautiful during the day, and there are many mosquitos out – we have plenty of bites to prove it.\u00a0 We have also seen a variety of animals around the clinic and on the streets – monkeys, dogs, pigs and cows. The monkeys have a reputation for stealing clothes, so we\u2019ve kept a close eye on our laundry and so far, we haven\u2019t seen any monkeys running around in our outfits!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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