Medicines in Guatemala.

Yesterday we delivered medicines to the Centro Salud in Panajachel. Centro Salud is the government Health Center. They have a doctor on duty here in this center in Panajachel, some centers have a nurse. Ususally the doctor does not have any medicines or sometimes only a little. So while the doctor can diagnose the illness he usually cannot treat it because he has little to work with. The results are people leave the center knowing that they need medication, holding a prescription in their hands but often cannot afford to buy the medications.

Whenever Mayan Families has extra medicines that have been donated we usually share them between the Centro Salud and a local doctor who gives the medication away to the neediest patients.

Thank you to everyone who has donated medications. They are so valuable and needed here.