Today we went to visit the Clinica Del Pueblo. This facility is small but very beautiful. It was interesting to find out that most of their equipment had been donated from the U.S. I had never thought before about where our old medical equipment goes when hospitals are updated. There was one area of the clinic that had a small waiting room with three different doors. One was for the gynecologist, one for ultrasound, and one for the eye doctor. There was a large homade poster in the waiting room about lactation. I recently had a baby and I recognized many of the instructions. The doctors that work at the clinic seem to be very kind and warm. Most of them also have to work somewhere else because they do not make very much money at the clinic. In fact, some are donating their services. It is a very impressive place. This is the clinic that we will be doing surveys for. They provide services for some of the nearby villages and wanted a needs assessment done to see how they can best serve those communities.
This mission statement, roughly translated, reads:
We are a civil nonprofit institution that provides comprehensive health services with quality and warmth in a community primarily of people with limited economic resources, so as to help improve their quality of life.
This was a parade we saw in the street from the back seat of the taxi when leaving the Clinic.
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