My wife, Helen, has fractured her ankle. She managed it walking down the ramp to the underground car park at our apartment block. However, the full story is as follows:

 

I managed to get Helen into work, where the company nurse had a look at her foot and immediately indicated we needed to get Helen to a hospital. So Abdullah, one of the company drivers, the company nurse, myself and Helen got into a car and drove to a local hospital in Sale. I set off with great trepidition as having experienced the local hospital to work in Watipitiwala in Sri Lanka I had visions of something off Bramwell (A UK program about a nurse in Victorian England). However, I have to say the hospital we went to was as good as anything I've seen in the UK. Within an hour they had x-rayed Helen's ankle and referred us to a hospital in Agdal. It took us 30 minutes to get to the second hospital and this was a little more basic but not too bad. After a rather confusing hour and a half of up to half a dozen doctors/nurses coming to talk to the company nurse a doctor finally put Helen's foot in plaster. Helen was told that the plaster could be removed after 3-4 weeks and that she needed 3 days of complete rest although she must try and move her leg for 20 minutes in the morning and 20 minutes in the evening. We managed to secure a wheelchair to get Helen out to the car as previously she had had to hobble about. I managed to get Helen back to the apartment and once back at work I managed to get Chadi, one of the purchasers here to get a full translation of what the problem with Helen's ankle was. It turns out Helen has a displaced nerve in her leg and a small fracture at the side of her heel.

 

So Helen's last two weeks in Morocco are going to be mainly restricted to our apartment :(

 

 

A slight change of plan. We are now booked on a flight back to the UK on Friday 18th August. I then have two weeks holiday before starting back at work in our UK Head Office on Mon 4th Sep. Can't wait to get back to sort out the garden! I think this will be the end of my ex-pat days :)