Wednesday, November 11, 2020

News from NY/HELP Honduras

 

The clinic in La Laguna has not had a doctor visit to see patients since Dr Gordon’s last trip in the summer of 2017.  In the last month or so NY/HELP has found new medical help for the clinic.   One is a local Honduran doctor and the other is a Honduran nurse practitioner. The doctor now comes up to the clinic once a month, and the nurse practitioner twice a month. They see many patients and our nurse, Mirtila is grateful for their presence. That is most definitely great news!  Now our group needs to raise more funds so that we can pay for their services, an expense they didn’t have when Gordon was going down yearly.  It costs $150 per month for the doctor, plus paying for the transportation to get her up the mountain to the clinic.  It costs $125 per trip or $250 per month for the nurse practitioner, plus his transportation as well.

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The other news is that Honduras was not spared when Hurricane Eta hit Nicaragua earlier in the month.  Honduras did not take a direct hit, but the hurricane’s path went across Honduras slowly, bring with it much wind and rain.  Lower areas got raging waters and floods.  La Laguna, up in the mountains, did not have flooding, but the wind and rain badly damaged our nurse, Mirtila’s house. Pictures are below.

 



 

Any donations you can give would be especially appreciated. Checks can be made out to NY/HELP-Honduras and sent to:

NY/HELP

c/o UCC Congregational Church

PO Box 95

Arcade, NY 14009-0095