my long term role

From the conversation we had with Khun Pear and Maile, it is becoming clear that my role at the school was looking doubtful. Whilst there is a huge need for dental provision at this school, the inablility to get work permits for outside dentists to work legally has stopped any further development. Patty has been working so hard from the US to try to resolve this but to date, is unable to get any further. She is hopeful things will improve in the future. I visited the dental clinic, which consists of an old dental chair in the corner of one of the medical bays at the school's medical room. The chair doesn't work and no one knows how to fix it. There are a couple of boxes of stock, that had been bought over by Patty on a previous visit. I left the stock given to me by CTS dental supplies and also did a quick stock check. Amazingly, i found a couple of brand new highspeed handpeices sitting in a box unopened.

The school was due to close for a holiday on Wednesday, with all the children being sent home. It was becoming clear there was little more for me to do at the school during this trip. Maile and I went out for dinner to a local bar in the evening with some of the ESL teachers.