Dr. Clements says the students are doing a great job serving dozens and dozens of patients who come to the Las Mercedes clinic each day by foot or by bus. Without this clinic, this population would have more difficulty accessing health care services since they are in a remote area where health facilities are few and far between. Each day, the Duke students are seeing villagers who face a variety of health issues, helping them to learn a lot about the community's health priorities and how best to address them in a resource-limited setting like this.
It is defining international clinical experiences like these that students say go by too fast! Tomorrow (Tuesday) will be the last day of clinic before they head off to Copan by bus on Wednesday. Let's keep our fingers crossed that there is enough bandwidth so the group can upload a few pictures throughout their travels. Beautiful Mayan ruins await them in Copan.
Stay tuned...!
p.s. All the missing bags finally arrived late Saturday night from the airport.
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