Honduras

    Why am I in Honduras, you may ask? Well I am here with a christian medical team providing free dental, medical, and medicine to the people. We drove to Memphis at 3:00AM in the morning, from there we flew to Houston, and finally we flew to Teguciagalpa (The capital of Honduras). We will be here from January 25 through Febuary 1. 

The numbers for each day

Saturday: Patients 231, Prescriptions filled 500, People saved 12, dental patients seen 48.

Sunday: Patients 543, Prescriptions filled 3,080, People saved 9, Dental patients 71,  Glases given 96, Occupational therapist saw 32 patients.

Monday: Patients 597, Prescriptions filled 2,066, People saved 18, Dental patients seen 72, Glasses given 133, Occupational therapist saw 33 patients.

Tuesday: Patients 430, Prescriptions filled 1,917, People saved 19, Dental patients seen 76, Glassses given 98, Occupational therapist saw 1 patient (at a nursing home).

Wednesday: Included in totals

Thursday: Included in totals

Total: Patients 2,477, Prescritions 9,532, People saved 129, Dental patients seen 374, Glasses given 477, Occupational therapist saw 100 Patients. (Numbers from Wensday and Thursday included in totals)

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The exchange rate for Lempiras to Dollars is 18.8 Lempiras to one Dollar. That means that one Lempira equals about five and one third cents.

Medical Issues We Faced While in Honduras

    In Honduras you cannot drink the water.  This is a major issue facing the people in the country.  The water is not treated, contains no chlorine or flouride, and is ridden with bactertia and parasites. 

     People in Honduras have special needs that people wouldn't realize.  They need clothes, food, and better ways of cooking food.  A lot of people in Honduras still cook over an open fire.  Their diet consists largely of locally grown fruit and grain.  The diet contains more carbohydrates than are needed.  The men in the country, due to lack of moderninaztion, work off most of the carbohydrates they consume, but a large percentage of the women are overweight because they work mainly in the home.

     While there, we used medicine that we brought and also used medicine that we purchased from pharmaceutical companies in Honduras.  We mainly used cold and cough medicine, parasite medicine, vitamins, and we also used antibiotics sparingly. 

     People in America can help by giving money to creditable organizations, praying for the people and missionaries in the country, and going with charitable groups to help the people.