This is what I do in Poly Clinic Number Two

Every week day I come to this clinic In the middle of Khujand. In the mornings from about 10 till 12 I join staff in the clinics. Sometimes I just observe, sometimes we discuss the case or the diagnosis or treatment. Sometimes it is a more formal consultation and people ask my opinion.  Patients will talk a mixture of Tajik, Russian, Uzbek and sometimes even English. I always have a translator with me, though often I understand the technical words much better than they, even in a different tongue. Here is a picture of Manzura, a speech and language therapist working directly with a mother and child.