Yesterday we checked one of our patients’ blood pressures. It was extremely high, giving a reading of 205/160 (normal 120/80). The next day the physio pulled a packet of orange pills from his pocket and gave them to the man, who popped a few straight away. “For blood pressure”, we were informed. What was even more surprising was a few hours later, one of the wives of a patient staying at VIC (Prey Veng) asked to use the manometer to check her blood pressure, and decided it was high. So the first patient gave her some of his orange pills! I stood back in awe.
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