Désolée

Oops! Pardon, je suis désolé. Perhaps I should have preceded the last post with a little background. For those who haven't visited the facebook group or seen LMSA's blog, here's a little snippet about the medical mission to Bolivia, courtesy of Mike.

The Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA) here at the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine has organized in conjunction with Curamericas Global a trip to Montero, Bolivia for this coming August. We are planning on leaving August 17th (right after semester finals) and returning August 30th (right before the next semester start).

We are planning on serving the people, specifically the women and children, of rural Bolivia. We will be working closely with "El Consejo de Salud Rural Andino" in educating and training the local people with regards to public health, health education, vaccination promotion, perinatal care, and in assisting with whatever needs may arise.

Bolivia is the poorest country in the western hemisphere, we are traveling to an area that is rural and quite under-served with regards to medical care.

This is an invaluable experience for us who will be physicians in the not too distant future:

* we will be able to appreciate the US health system more
* we will be able to help and make a difference for the people who need the most help
* we will be able to interact with and learn from patients with the unique perspective of living in a third world country
* we will be able to experience serving people in the Spanish language.

謝謝. Gracias. Merci. ;)