Belizian Healthcare

We have taken turns working in a few of the different "healthcare" areas of Punta Gorda - The Polyclinic, Emergency Room, Hospital, and Home Nursing Visits.  Every one of these areas has been eye opening for us.  A few of our exciting experiences have been: 

• Mutiple patients in the 1 room ER at the same time - Bette and Bobbie Jo
• Brain Tumor patient arriving to ER actively seizing, transferred out to large hospital in Belize City - Deb, Kim, Nanette, and Afsaneh
• Birth of a beautiful baby girl at 10:04 this AM - Heather, Afsaneh and Kim

There are many more meaningful moments that have occured, but we have to save some stories for us to tell when we get home! 

We have also had the opportunity to have many unigue cultural experiences, such as:
Trip to the Mayan Ruins at Lubaantun, Garifuna Drumming and Dance Lesson, and Basket weaving and torilla making in the two room home of a local family with 11 children (pictured below).

Have to run now because we have much more work to do to prepare for tomorrow's teaching presentation in a local school.  We're playing Health Jeopardy!