Lutheran Honduran Team Arrives in Tela, Honduras
Andrea Kerr is a frequent contributor to Advance. With the help of Michael Paras, she will provide readers with daily updates on Lutheran HealthCare's medical mission work in Tela, Honduras.
Dispatch from Michael Paras - Sunday, April 20, 2008
Because of scheduling difficulties the team members arrive on three separate fights into Honduras. Regardless, the bulk of the crew is anxious to get settled and begin their work. Word quickly spread throughout town that the team would host their first clinic early Sunday morning even though some of the crew had arrived just a few hours earlier!
They arrive at 'La Hospital Tela' at 7 a.m. Sunday.
Already, there are around 60 people waiting to be seen. By 8:30 a.m. the crowd swells into the hundreds.
Inside, as the groups of people get bigger, the team immediately starts to triage and treat patients. They travel from all over Honduras to see the medical group. Some are seriously ill and the mission team is their last resort, others have minor pains and issues that they can remedy quickly. The nurses, doctors and support staffs are looking out mostly for kids who need operations they can handle in the time they have in Tela.
