Medical
Nestled in a remote southern Honduras valley, the tiny village of Santa Lucia provides the center of support for twenty thousand rural inhabitants. The industrious families which reside in the surrounding hills and valleys rely solely on their agrarian skills for a subsistence living. Health care was once an unaffordable luxury.
Until recently, the nearest health care facility was a five hour bus ride over a treacherous and occasionally impassable mountain road: a physically impossible journey for the sick or injured and financially out of the question for almost all of the residents.
Working "shoulder to shoulder," a medical clinic was constructed by U.S. and Honduran volunteers in 1994; most recently, a modern dental clinic and nutrition center were added. Three US Physicans and one fine Honduran physician staff the medical clinic round-the-clock and offer some preventive dental services as well as provide for emergency dental care. The patients' problems run the gamut from primary care and preventative needs to urgent life-threatening illnesses or injuries requiring surgical intervention.
