We started the day visiting with Sirkka Pietiläimen, a nurse midwife and instructor at Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Science. She gave a great presentation about nursing education. She also talked with us about some of the key issues in health care facing Finland today. I'm not sure where the photographer was (or what he was thinking about). I'm thinking that I got so involved with the presentation that I just forgot to take pictures. Sorry about that.
From the university, we jumped on a tram and then a bus and made our way to a community hospital, where we ate lunch and then visited with Meri Ovaskainen, who is also a midwife and a lactation consultant. She gave us a tour of the labor and delivery area of her hospital. We didn't get away from that visit until 2:30 pm.
In a maternity room, Meri tells us more about the hospital and its features. The rooms allow for parents and newborns to stay together, while in the hospital.
Having learned a great deal about the maternity and child health in Finland, our group took the rest of the afternoon and evening to visit Suomenlinna Fortress, built hundreds of years ago, when Sweden ruled Finland and enhanced in the 19th century under Russian rule.
It was REALLY cold today, but everyone got into the visit and had fun.
Entering the fortress.
Jeremy, Meagan and Stefanie explore some of the tunnels that exist throughout Suomenlinna.
Troy and Nathan make their way through the fortress.
We told Stefanie to use this as a setting for engagement photos...someday. She just needs a guy to fill the other space.
I had some videos to upload, but for some reason, I can't make that happen here in Finland...maybe when I get home.
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