Medical groups from Boston visit Esteli and surrounding communities

Submitted by admin on Thu, 03/13/2014 - 15:31

Superemos hosted two medical brigades in February 2014. One from Dorchester House Multi Service Center and another from Boston University. The Dorchester House group visited seventeen communities in and around the city of Estelí seeing a total of over 2000 patients - more than 1100 children and over 900 adults. The Boston University group provided dental care in five rural communities around the city of Estelí to about 100 patients and also preventive dental care in five primary schools in the city of Estelí itself to a total of over 600 children.

Accompanying the Dorchester House group were four specialists who assisted the local Estelí Health Centre dramatically reduce its waiting list for colposcopies and related procedures. Members of the group also provided educational talks to local volunteer health promoters in Esteli andthe nearby towns of Condega, San Nicolás, Pueblo Nuevo, San Juan de Limay and La Trinidad. Both groups worked closely with the local authorities and continue to coordinate to ensure that planning for next year's visiting health delegations is as effective as possible.


Pediatrician Sara Sartain and translator Tania
chat while waiting for patients


Visting medical professional listen to questions
from students of teh Estelí Women's School


Estelí Women's School students participated actively
in questions and answers with the visiting medical group


Dr. Owen Mathieu bones up on his Spanish between patients


Translator George Watson offering a ride on his motorbike


The group loaded up each morning
to head out to a rural community


Boston dental group and public health students


local trainee teachers kindly gave the visting group
a colourful presentation of Nicaraguan folk dancing