The Clinic at La Guacamaya:
The village of La Guacamaya is about 25 minutes south of the city of El Progreso, Department of Yoro, Honduras. It has approximately 6,000 residents. The service area is around 14,000 people including the village of La Victoria which is a 3 hour trek into the mountains. The clinic will soon have 5 full and part time employees, including a physician, a nurse, an office assistant and 2 promatoras. The clinic itself is 2,400 square feet with five exam rooms, an optometry consult room, a dental chair, a pharmacy, three bathrooms, a large waiting area and some laboratory equipment. It has access to running water and electricity. Salud Juntos will be sending at least two brigades a year of specialized physicians and medical students to La Guacamaya, as well as, continuing to support the ongoing local medical presence.
The Clinic at Punta de Ocote:
The village of Punta de Ocote is about 20 minutes west of the town of Yoro, Department of Yoro, Honduras. It has about 850 residents and a service area of approximately 3,500 people in 9 aldeas. The clinic currently has 2 full time nurses. It is a small clinic with about 700 square feet, including a waiting area, a storage room, a triage room and a consult room. Salud Juntos sent its first brigade to Punta de Ocote in January 2009.
A clinic visitor during the 2010 brigades checks out a new pair of glasses.
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Salud Juntos has now now been directly or indirectly responsible for over 14,000 patient visits.
January 2011 Brigades
Plans are now being made for our brigade to Punta Ocote and La Guacamaya in January 2011.
Second Annual Seattle Benefit Fundraiser
The Second Annual Seattle Fundraiser on August 5th at the beautiful Belanich home on Queen Ann was a big success. Funds were raised for Salud Juntos ongoing operations. Special thanks to Pat and Vince O'Neill, Illana Balint and the Belanichs. If you missed this great event and still would like to donate use the link below.
Spring 2010 Brigades
Visit the Salud Juntos Blog for information on the Spring Brigades activities.
Brigades for January 2010
We completed two one week brigades in January. The first brigade, a vision clinic, from January 4th to 9th was led by Joseph Miller, MD an ophthal-mologist from the University of Arizona. He was joined by two ophthalmology residents, Leslie Garay, MD, and Carmen Felix Tacononte, MD. They were assisted by Laura Miller. During the second brigade of January Mindy Fain, MD led the general medicine brigade to Punta Ocote Jan 25-29th. She was assisted by Ana Sanguineti, MD a current fellow at the University of Arizona, and Alejandro Sanguineti, MD, a pediatrician from Tucson, AZ who conducted a children's clinic. Also participating were Sheridan Reiger, Executive Director, Becca Mandel, and Dale Reiger. Read more
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