Padang Terap D9: Day Before Finale

Our second last day in Padang Terap was all about sampling. We began our day in a market where food inspectors from KKM bought two extra large chickens not for meal but for testing. Our officer in charge Mr. Pergas was kind enough to explain us all about food sampling and their role in monitoring. Our morning session ends in the office where we were briefed about food safety and control.

The evening was devoted to KMAM or the water team as we call them. These people took us to a pump station in Kuala Nerang to teach us on water sampling and testing. Again (now not by car but by van) we set out on that 5 minutes journey to a well maintained station. The oficer taught us on all procedures and tests that are routinely performed. It was a great to see sampling and testing being done in that small van.

Well, the day was supposed to end there but our doctor (which is us actually) had their chance to write their first referral letter to the hospital on the kids that we diagnosed during our visit with the school team. That would surely be ‘a dream come’ true for them.

That night we had a special time with our ‘favorite’ Vector Unit’ in seafood shop. Except for the vegans, we enjoyed our food. But the whole lot of us had a great time. We can’t believe that tomorrow would be our last day. Well, every beginning has an end.