The Lab at Turbah needs to have a plan to look at needs and how the lab can meet them with available resources. In the villages around Turbah there are many government dispensaries and clinics. Staffing at these clinics is poor because doctors, nurses, lab techs prefer to work in towns or the city where there is opportunity for extra income. It is impossible for any medical worker to survive on a government salary alone. For those that do stay in the village they must have some other income generating activity, farming at a minimum or a trade.
Some health workers operate pharmacies or work as village midwives.
One health clinic is located at Al Mahata about 6 miles from Turbah it is very typical of the ministry of health clinics. It is located on a dirt road on the edge of Wadi Turbah. It is in an area that has good agricultural land but many of the men in the area work out of town or abroad to earn extra income. The women of the villages do most of the agricultural work. Most of the patients arrive at the clinic by walking, many have walked 6 miles or more to the clinic.