Paper airplanes anyone?
On September 4, we began the mobile clinics. There are 3 teams. Each team includes doctors, nurse practitioners, health educators, Guatemalan med students, and perspective Guatemalan med students. Our dentist unfortunately does not come out on these trips. For the mobile clinics, we set up the clinics in a local school of a village muy lejos. These villages often can't be reached by bus or car. Our first mobile clinic is the furthest. I get to sleep in until the late hour of 5 am so that I can make it to Minerva terminal to meet up with the rest of the clinic volunteers. Then we take a bus as far as it'll go, hop off with mochilas full of medical supplies and then hike the rest of the way to the school where we set up clinic. The hiking is by far my favorite part of the travel because I get to see some of the most beautiful parts of Guate this way and because I need something to keep me going in those wee am horas. All in all, it take about 2 hours to get to the schools. We take all needed medicine and supplies in our backpacks. For the first few days, we examine and provide health education for all the school children. On the last two days, we open up the clinic for walk-ins.
...by the way, I absolutely LOVE this!!!
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