{"id":1056,"date":"2015-07-19T10:00:33","date_gmt":"2015-07-19T09:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/?p=1056"},"modified":"2015-07-19T10:00:33","modified_gmt":"2015-07-19T09:00:33","slug":"may-2015-a-very-odd-shopping-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/2015\/07\/19\/may-2015-a-very-odd-shopping-list\/","title":{"rendered":"May 2015 &#8211; A very odd shopping list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I contact the paediatric department and offer the luggage space.\u00a0\u00a0 The shopping list they come back with is not at all what I had expected.\u00a0\u00a0 Antibiotic and antiviral drugs yes but the rest seems very basic.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Digital thermometers, for all staff to carry in a pocket<\/li>\n<li>Needles and syringes<\/li>\n<li>Urine testing dipstix<\/li>\n<li>Some recent editions of the British National Formulary for Children<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What shocks me more is the request for scissors, the sort that we would normally throw away after single use for a minor op, they will re-sterilise and use again.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m doubtful about the request for potassium permanganate crystals to make up into solution; this can be explosive so I\u2019m not convinced that in these days of heightened security, it\u2019d be a good idea!<\/p>\n<p>They would also like good quality bright clothing for young children.\u00a0\u00a0 Malawian mums don\u2019t do pastel shades; I know this from knitting bonnets for prem babies to send out.\u00a0\u00a0 Also toys as play therapy.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1058\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1058\" style=\"width: 259px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2015\/07\/Bonnets-for-prem-babies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1058\" src=\"\/kenilworth-and-district\/files\/2015\/07\/Bonnets-for-prem-babies.jpg\" alt=\"Bonnets for premature babies\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1058\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bonnets for premature babies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another advantage to Dave coming with me is that he starts to look at the cost of flights to Blantyre.\u00a0\u00a0 We\u2019ve agreed we will go in September, which the way things are going from an organisational point of view is probably just as well.\u00a0\u00a0 Still it\u2019s good practice for when we take our gap year when I retire.<\/p>\n<p>With help from Blantyre, as I will be working, I am able to book accommodation at the guest house of the <a title=\"CURE hospital\" href=\"http:\/\/uk.cure.org\/Malawi\" target=\"_blank\">CURE hospital <\/a>next door to QECH.\u00a0\u00a0 We are allowed to stay in the double room as we are a married couple, clearly 38 years counts for something.\u00a0\u00a0 It looks somewhat basic compared to the lovely lodges but looks very clean and is less than half the price per night.\u00a0\u00a0 I hope they provide towels as we certainly won\u2019t have luggage space.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the <a title=\"CURE guesthouse\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bcihostel.org\/?page_id=7\" target=\"_blank\">guesthouse<\/a> so you can see what I\u2019m letting us in for!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I contact the paediatric department and offer the luggage space.\u00a0\u00a0 The shopping list they come&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":523,"featured_media":1058,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sharons-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>May 2015 - A very odd shopping list | News | Blog | Events | SI Kenilworth and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Kenilworth and District : Blog &amp; News : May 2015 - A very odd shopping list : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Kenilworth and District . 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