True North Missions Newsletter for 2010

Hello from Guatemala!! This has been another exciting year. I have had five teams so far this year. The first team was from Saginaw and consisted of medical residents and Dr. Ed Jackson as attending. We had a great week capped off with a middle of the night delivery. I got the call at 3:30 am and gathered up Dr. Jackson and one of the residents. We took a small boat down the river in complete darkness for several miles. We had to use headlamps both for the boat ride and the delivery. Dr. Jackson is an old hand at this and it was a successful delivery. What a night!! The next two teams were fourth year medical students with Dr. Lloyd Cleaver and Dr. Bob Schneider as attending. The last two teams were from New York with Dr. Ed Cho as attending. All the teams were wonderful, compassionate, caring physicians. THANK ALL OF YOU!!!

Dr. Ed Jackson - after delivering a baby at 5AM.

This is the village of San Marcos. We had to travel by small boat and then hike for 45 minutes to reach the village. We always carry our meds and supplies in backpacks. It was very hot that day (all days) so we set up outside The entire village seemed to have scabies so we were very busy handing out Ivermectin. It was a great day!

We treated this Mayan child for a fungal infection.

Fourth Year student, Kate Johnson, is treating the entire family for scabies.

Another child with a fungal infection.

We are following this man up a tributary to reach his village. It took over an hour by launcha. This village was so isolated they had never seen a medical team before. They were so grateful they shared the little food they had with us at lunch.

Sometimes we have to wade and pull the boats (launcha).

We were traveling up the Cienga River to get to the village of Quatro Caya. It rained all day so Michelle (fourth year medical student) improvised and made a poncho out of a garbage bag. She could have brought a raincoat.

Thanks to the generosity of many we were able to treat over 4000 Mayan Indian children and their families so far this year. We did physical exams, dispensed over 100,000 vitamins, and de-wormed everyone plus attended to acute problems. We have been returning to the same 20 villages and one orphanage and believe we are seeing some improvement in overall health.

Thank you for your continued support.

Alan R. Barber, DDS
Chairman, True North Missions

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Volume IV, Issue 2 :: August 2010

True North Missions Newsletter for 2010

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