After the game of football the other night I went back to my room to get changed and have a shower. While stood outside my room chatting to a colleague from Pakistan a Iraqi man walked up to us and stood next to us without really trying to communicate. After a short while the colleague and I were looking at each other and wondering what the man wanted. Then the man eventually started talking to my colleague in Arabic and it turns out that he had a sore upper chest area, just below the base of his neck. He showed us his red skin and lumps which looked like heat lumps.
I had a large tub of Sudocream on me for skin complaints so I said I would give him some. I produced the tub of cream and at first the Iraqi man thought I was giving him the whole tub until I said he could not have the whole tub because I may need some in the future. I gave him some there and then and told him to rub it on the affected area which he did. I then cut the bottom of a bottle and gave him half the tub of cream in the bottom of the bottle. I explained to my colleague to tell him to wash the area at the end of the day and apply more cream and away he went very happy and I got a 'God bless you' from him.
That over I decided to go in my room and get ready for a shower and then emerged to find another man stood talking to my colleague. This man was complaining of a skin problem on his shoulder and I think he was wanting some cream as well but my colleague managed to tell him to go to the medical facility the next day. Today I saw the camp Paramedic and wanted clarification on who can use the medical facilities on site. He told me the Iraqi contractors cannot go to him and they need to speak with their managers if they have a problem. I doubt there are medical facilities in place for the contractors which is a shame. I am not surprised that they have ailments in these conditions, Its a hot dusty environment and working long hours in the sun will have these effects.
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