Adventures in the corridors of Pari

Being the lover of things that I am, I decided to heed the call to this much publicised advert that has been doing the rounds on social forums and messages.....

"ladies how are you today i encourage you to go for cervical cancer screening it has emerged to be one of the major diseases killing women. you can go for a pap test, VIAC or VIA."

"Please visit Parirenyatwa Group of Hospital Ward A1 for free VIAC tests that are being sponsored by the UNFDPfrom Mondays -Thursdays at 8am-4pm. Its free and easy, in just 3 minutes you will be done."

So I skipped work with my partner in crime in hand and hit the road to Parirenyatwa Hospital. Just so you know I've never been a fan of hospitals and I get nauseous just at the sight of one. The sterilised scent and the gloomy faces you meet in the corridors just make me feel light headed. I thank heavens I've been a healthy individual and have never been hospitalised and for the record no, I have no kids.

It took no time to locate the place after a series of bumping into juvenile looking kids wearing white laboratory coats  and stethoscopes (maybe I'm getting old). As to be expected we found a short queue of about 8-10 womenn in front of us and we thought since its only a 3 minute job it will not be too long a wait.

Twenty minutes later we were still in the same queue with no sign or hope of any movement and I was getting really agitated and uneasy as it seemed apparent that we were in a ward with people who suffer from diseases from the waist downwards. I braved it for another 10 but something told me this was a lost battle and we just needed to accept defeat.

Just before we left I asked the ladies in the front of the line what needed to be done. Apparently you need to book an appointment and then come back for the test and it turns out they had booked for their tests in OCTOBER 2012 and people booking for tests now would only be seen in MAY 2013!!!!!!


Moral of the Story:

There is nothing free under the face of the earth, even sunlight! Ask the prisoners in remand!

My PIC & I

Well in the end we went to get our BP and BMI checked. So it wasn't much of a wasted effort after all :-)