If you have any leads for us, PLEASE email Laura@ClinicLink.org, or mayanfamilies@yahoo.com. From Mayan Families, in Panajachel: What we would like to find is either someone to shepherd her into intensive care in the public hospital in Guate, in order to reassure the family that she’ll be cared for, or a space in another hospital [...]
Category Archives: Current Needs
Host Site for Medical Teams: Safe Homes for Children
Posted by Laura on October 21, 2010
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Safe Homes for Children has a small, four room clinic in Los Rolbes [1 km from Godinez], San Andres, Solola, Guatemala. They also do feeding and educational programs in many remote Mayan communities. They are in the middle of 1.5 million Mayans, most of whom are in desperate need of medical care, dental care and nutritional care. Many have [...]
Supply Need: Emmaus Medical Mission
Posted by Laura on October 18, 2010
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If you have any good leads for sources of multivitamins for this November medical mission, please email Elicia at info@emmausmedicalmission.org. Emmaus Medical Mission has a group of dedicated individuals traveling to Guatemala November 10th through November 14th to provide medical treatment to thousands of individuals. In planning every mission there are always unexpected challenges. Today, [...]
Urgent Need: Pediatric Surgery
Posted by Laura on September 23, 2010
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We are looking for help for an eight-year-old Nebaj girl with a tumor. If you have ideas for her, please comment below, or email me at Laura@ClinicLink.org. Her family is open to traveling anywhere that a clinic may be able to help her. She visited Hospital Roosevelt in Guatemala City about 15 times between six [...]
Urgent Need: Breast Specialist
Posted by Laura on August 26, 2010
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We have a woman with breast problems who needs to have a mammogram read, and be examined by a breast specialist. If you have any leads, please let us know.
**UPDATED** Urgent Need: Donated Dialysis for 12 Year Old Boy
Posted by Laura on August 26, 2010
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**Update/Follow Up: If anyone has contacts with Baxter (www.baxter.com), either in the US (Deerfield, IL), or in Latin America, could you please comment below, or email me at Laura@Cliniclink.org? We have a lead that Baxter-Guatemala sometimes donates dialysis to needy patients, and we would like to follow up on that. Rina (age 32) is a single [...]
Urgent Need: Hip Dysplasia
Posted by Laura on August 5, 2010
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A five year old boy in the Panajachel area needs surgery on one of his hips for bilateral hip dysplasia. If anyone knows of an visiting orthopedic surgery team, or surgeon in Guatemala who does charitable work, please contact us ASAP.
Current Needs: Edgar & Hugo (San Juan Alotenango)
Posted by Laura on June 17, 2010
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Alejandro and Petronila Valle Bucú have four children, all boys. Oscar Armando, 13; Erick Noah, 8; Edgar Leonel, 7; and Hugo Geovani, 6. Alejandro, the father, solely supports the family. He works as a farmer in a coffee finca near the town. He earns about Q.35.00 per day (a little over $4). Like most parents in San [...]