Day 7-June 20-Day 4 of the Clinic

Today was another full day at the clinic. I will say it is physically exhausting since you are usually working from 8:00 am to almost 6:00 pm. Yesterday, we topped filling over 800 prescriptions for that day. Most patients will have 2-3 individual prescriptions to be filled. It is a lot of fun interacting with the Honduran medical students helping at the pharmacy. It gives me a chance to practice my spanish.

The other night we walked into the town of San Luis. You can see the huge inequality that is so prevalent in Latin American - wonderful homes with incredibly poor houses nearby. I have included a few photos of the town.

It is still wonderful to people watch at the clinic and capture a few photos. I have added a few more. If we catch up with the incoming prescriptions, which is not often, I will spend a couple of minutes walking around.

I was talking at dinner with a lady that is with the group for the first time and like me, she is a general helper. Her role is as a dental assistant (no experience). She is working in the. clinic that does fillings and tooth restoration. She is amazed what they can do. Many of the patients have badly decaying front teeth, but after the restoration they have almost perfect front teeth. After the work is done, they show the patient the results in a mirror. The expression on their faces is priceless. It is a life changing event, especially for teenagers.

After the pharmacy was about to close, one of our military security guard soldiers stopped by to get some medicine. Our doctor, Kent, checked him out and I filled a prescription for him. To see Kent examining the soldier while the soldier was carry his assault rife, was amazing.Leggi altro