Thursday - Fourth Clinic Day
Reunited and it feels SO Good!
Partners 4 Global Health (P4GH) is founded on 4 pillars - engagement, education, equipment and exchange. Our ability to provide sustainability and continuity of care sets us apart from all the rest.
P4GH is not a one and done organization. We remain actively engaged with our patients, local leaders & volunteers and physicians from the community throughout the year.
It’s not uncommon for Honduran physicians to consult a member of our team on a complicated patient between missions. These connections and relationships are symbiotic - we learn from one another.
Roper St. Francis Healthcare’s generosity has provided supplies including hospital beds, vascular ultrasound machines and surgical equipment making the only hospital accessible to the public in Roatan truly functional.
Generous donations allow us to provide life saving AEDs (defibrillators) and computers to students eager to learn.
Several members of our team shared hugs and tears as they were reunited with patients seen the year prior. One of our teammates from triage remembered a young man seen in clinic last year. He was underweight, unemployed and deeply depressed, so she called a member of our pastoral team to talk to him. After a deep conversation, counseling and prayer, the young man left, unlikely to be seen again. This year while walking down the street to work, he noticed a familiar face from our team and stopped in to say hi and express gratitude. Barely recognizable, he was healthy, cheerful, gainfully employed with a new positive outlook on life. He remembered our names, faces and above all the compassionate care he received. There were several other patients with similar stories, including a young girl with a congenital heart defect identified by our cardiology team. Providing continuity of care is not only good medicine, but good for the soul. Being reunited really does feel SO good!
Feeling Good,
P4GH