Clinic in Pitusca

Pitusca Clinic
The Pitusca Clininc is the local care center for about 7000 villagers in the surrounding area. This clinic is located about 50 kms from Chisinau. The one story buildings on this little complex today are mostly unusable. However, 2 doctors and 8 nurse's have set up shop hear and are trying to make it work. These people are truly amazing. These doctors still make house calls. They have a number of patients who are unable to get to the clinic, so they go to them. There is heating only in limited areas in the two building we saw. And most rooms are heated only if they are used.
Rodna and I got a call from a Peace Corps Volunteer and were asked to come out and make an assessment, which we did. They have no waiting room and so the hallway of an old school building is being used. Both sick and well mothers and children must wait here. There is no heat and the temperature when we visited was about 50 degrees. We are going to renovate an adjacent room to be used as a waiting room for the mothers and children. Our project will be to repair the roof, fix the ceiling, put in new windows and install a wood-burning stove for heat. We hope to have bids in next week. As LDS Charities, we are going to partner with the local community. We will buy the materials and they will provide the labor. (Rodna nearly fell through the floor as she was walking down the hallway) These floors are wood and are 40 years old. It seems like time has stood still in these remote villages over the last 40 years. You would have to see it to believe it. But Heavenly Father knows these wonderful people and so we have been sent there. It was truly a divine coincidence that we would find out about this place.