The team spent the day close to one of the local bordos, or cardboard villages, near Rio Blanco helping out at a medical brigade. It felt really good to be involved with a very practical act of helping people. Dr. Juan, a friend from the local church, saw patients while we helped hand out medicine as well as create a new floor over some muddy ground where mosquitoes could potentially breed. Of the 78 kids seen by Dr. Juan, only 3 were healthy, which means the other 75 were given medicine that could help with their sickness. 4 kids were sent to the hospital because their conditions were too severe for the medical brigade. When asked why they waited for so long to go to the hospital, the parents replied they didn't have the money to go to the hospital. It was a reminder of how blessed we are to be able to have luxuries such as health coverage.
A quick plug on Dr. Juan Sortos and his family, especially his wife, Patti. They devote so much time to helping people, whether it be at the brigades or being on-call all the time in case our team gets sick/injured. They took this afternoon off simply so they could see people living in the bordos for free and provided money to get medicine or get to the hospital when they couldn't help. They truly are such a blessing not just to the people in Honduras, but the world as well. We need more people like them.
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