Wabale Clinic

You can find us right on the Main Road in Kukana. Being on the main road means there is always a lot of dust and noise from the passing trucks and buses that go through town. We have to wipe down the chairs and the main desk multiple times a day just to keep things feeling clean for the people coming in. Wabale Clinic is a small place. We don’t have a big team, just a couple of us helping out with the patients and the paperwork. Most of the people who come in are from the village or the nearby farms. They usually arrive early in the morning before they head out to work in their fields for the rest of the day. The building is old but sturdy enough. We have a small bench outside for when the tiny waiting room gets full. Inside, it’s just the basic medical equipment and a lot of paper files stored in some metal cabinets. We don't use computers much here for the records. It’s mostly hand-written notes in big registers. The pharmacy next door is where most people go right after they finish their visit with us. We spend our days listening to people talk about their health and their families. It’s a very local way of doing things. Sometimes it gets very hot in the afternoons, so we keep the ceiling fans running at full speed. It’s not a grand place, but it serves the people who live along this road. We just do our work and go home when the sun sets.