5-9-14
We have finally made it to the compound we are staying at in San Juan. It is great and the weather is nice. Although this isn’t my first time to a third world country, it is always shocking to see the poverty that people live in. Tonight we are preparing the pharmacy and other supplies and heading out to Las Auyamas tomorrow for our first day out.
5-10-14
First day out was great! We went to a small school and used it as our clinic. I worked in triage and helped to take blood pressures and find out what the patients general ailments were. We saw about 250 patients with the two doctors that are working with us. Nearly all of the people here are infected by parasites. Tomorrow we are headed to Banica.
5-11-14
Banica was awesome. It was very different from Las Auyamas. While there, I shadowed with Dr. Leyte. She did not speak much English and since my Spanish is very minimal, the translator was helpful. By the end of the day, I was beginning to pick up a lot of the words for different symptoms the people were suffering from. The place that we worked in today was a smaller building made out of cinder blocks and had a tin roof. Needless to say, it is very hot in the Caribbean in a building like that. Tomorrow we are headed to Capulin.
We have finally made it to the compound we are staying at in San Juan. It is great and the weather is nice. Although this isn’t my first time to a third world country, it is always shocking to see the poverty that people live in. Tonight we are preparing the pharmacy and other supplies and heading out to Las Auyamas tomorrow for our first day out.
5-10-14
First day out was great! We went to a small school and used it as our clinic. I worked in triage and helped to take blood pressures and find out what the patients general ailments were. We saw about 250 patients with the two doctors that are working with us. Nearly all of the people here are infected by parasites. Tomorrow we are headed to Banica.
5-11-14
Banica was awesome. It was very different from Las Auyamas. While there, I shadowed with Dr. Leyte. She did not speak much English and since my Spanish is very minimal, the translator was helpful. By the end of the day, I was beginning to pick up a lot of the words for different symptoms the people were suffering from. The place that we worked in today was a smaller building made out of cinder blocks and had a tin roof. Needless to say, it is very hot in the Caribbean in a building like that. Tomorrow we are headed to Capulin.
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