Voice of the Andes HospitalHospital Vozandes del Oriente - "Hospital Voice of the Andes of the East" is the name of the hospital that we will work in.
It is located just east of the Andes mountains at the head of the Amazon river.
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05.16.12
Last Updated on Friday, May 18 2012 05:58
5/16 Brigade - éxito!: success!
BY: Shara Lee
thanks everyone for your prayers for our first brigade!
We got our certificate from the minister of health Tues afternoon (way to cut things close!) which was useful to us today in granting us passage into Madre Tierra.
We didn't have to turn anyone away and were able to do eye exams ...
Other than running daily clinic, we have been working with the staff to put together a "brigade" (free eye clinic in a needy community). Our target area is about 10 mins away from the hospital in a place called "Madre Tierra". Those living in Madre Tierra have little
It is good to have the eye clinic up and running. The word is getting out and patients are trickling in.
Late this afternoon, we had an unfortunate lady come in through the ED, accompanied by her 2 daughters. She washes and irons clothes for a living. Last night, she had some ...
I know it has been a long time since I last posted, but today I am feeling horrible and I felt like telling you guys what I have been doing since my last entry.
As many of you know, last summer I left Ecuador for GOOD!!!! I was never coming back! Right, yeah right!!! I said