ACHC-Guatemala
(Association of Christian Hospitals
and Clinics of Guatemala)
May 2010
ACHC-Guatemala update: Triangulo Ixil
God bless everyone. I would like to share with you about the exciting things going on in the Ixil area this month.
At this time, we are developing a dynamic evaluation to figure out how much exactly our students are learning from their training.
We have once again been in the communities of La Perla, Los Encuentros, and Chel sharing about the next topic in the training series: Prenatal care, Labor, and Postpartum care.
Dr. Estrada and Doña Francisca have also spent time at the clinic, evaluating patients. There are two special cases that we’d like to share.
1. One patient, an agricultural worker, cut his hand while working. At the clinic, we are able to provide him with some initial assistance, cleaning and stitching up the wound.
After 9 days, the patient returned to the clinic to have the stitches removed.
2. A two-year old boy from the village of Estrella Polar was brought to the clinic in La Perla by his parents. He had severe Pneumonia and dehydration.
3. He was immediately referred to the Permanent Attention Center of Chajul. They were taken there in the AGAPE truck by the nurse Axel Arévalo, and pilot Walter Machado. Unfortunately, the young patient was already in a very bad state and although he was attended to right away in the Center, they were unable to save him and he past away in Chajul.
