Guerrero Clinic

GUERRERO MEDICAL CLINIC Oct 2011
(Please send me your experiences for inclusion - including pictures. Send no more than 600 words, along with your name, and contact information (in case I have questions) to Robert Yudkin at robert@guerreroclinic.org)
Sunday 10/16 Heading Home. Adios Chihuahua City - at least until next clinic Saturday 10/15 Click here is to see pictures from the Copper Canyon
Fri 10/14 - final full day of clinic Final Night at the Cabanas (motel). Beautiful evening. Guerrero Rotary Foundation Meeting It's a dirty job but someone has to do it What goes on in Mexico Stays in Mexico! Well, Almost....
Thur 10/13 2nd batch Cookout night. The team enjoys dinner. Cookout night. Los Tres chefs Carlos and Miriam. Long time Volunteers I don't know and sometimes it's better not to ask! Volunteers from the Rotary club or Torreon, Mexico. They cooked dinner for patients and patients' families Scrubs. The new fashion statement. Cecilia and Tom with small dental paitent Looking good and enjoying their experience.
Thur 10/13 5pm You should have seen these people BEFORE they had their coffee! The Breakfast team. This row of patients had cataract surgery yesterday. They returned to the clinic this morning to get their bandages removed and have their post-op check by the optometrist This is a view of the waiting room this morning first thing. We have yesterday's patients on the left and the begining of today's scheduled patients filling the rest of the room as well as waiting outside. Removing the bandage. This is the part that is so exciting.... when the patients can see again or more clearly. Dr. Greg Clariday and his surgical team. I think the pre-op team is waiting for Jim Belushi. Good luck on that. Dr. De La O from Terreon, Mexico Dr. Vicky Ruiz Patient returning from surgery Dr. De La O's surgical team So this is how lenses are made. Too much fun
Thur 10/13 11:45 am Good morning from the beautiful town of Guerrero in Chihuahua. It was not quite as cold last night as the first night but it was still chilly this morning when I left for the clinic. As a breakfast crew volunteer, I arrived at the clinic a few minutes after 6am. Already there were patients waiting. Not just one or two but at least three buses were parked and waiting for us to open. Other than the breakfast crew, volunteers were picked up for the clinic at 7am where breakfast awaited. This morning I ventured into surgery. No, they decided that it was probably better if I left the surgery to the doctors but they let me take some pictures of the doctors in action (I will post on a separate page for those of you - like me - who really don't care to be around needles, blood, operating rooms, etc). There are also other things happening in addition to eye testing and surgery. The dentiss are busy, I think they told me that they had 30 cases lined up today. We have a low vision doctor and I think we even have a general practitioner working today. The construction crew continues to work on the dinning hall rest rooms (which I would be helping with if I wasn't updating the web). That being said. I need to get busy editing pictures so that I can post asap. Robert.
Thur 10/13 11:00 am We finished surgery about 8pm and had dinner at the clinic. Everyone was tired and looking forward to a good nights sleep - that is except Walter who convinced David to continue working after everyone else called it a day..
Wed 10/12 7:00 pm We do dentistry as well as eyes at the clinic. Here are pictures of our dental team. The optical shop team fits glasses Dr. Tim has had a tough day Patients wait for surgery in Pre-Op The construction team builds bathrooms in the new dinning hall. Gives new meaning to BYOB (Build your own bathroom) Lunch in the new dinning hall. Our wonderful volunteers who prepared a fabulous lunch Rod at Rest. Rod has helped at 14 clinics - so far... Our sterilization team (well, most of it. Not sure where Rosie went)
Wed 10/12 11:30am More pictures from this morning OMG!!!
10/12 10am Good morning. It is a fabulous day here in Guerrero. Most of the group arrived last evening and drove to the clinic. As we moved farther away from Chihuahua City, the sky cleared and the stars were radiant with the full moon showing us the way. I've been to the clinic many times and each time I am quickly reminded of the beauty we miss back home due to the smog and lights of the city. We settled in for the night and looked forward to the morning. 5:15am - Showered and got dressed. The morning is cold. Thank goodness for the heat. It was still dark outside when about 1/2 dozen of us left for the clinic at 6am to start breakfast. We arrived at the clinic after a five minute drive only to find it bustling with activity. Patients were already lined up outside the clinic. Local volunteers were mobilizing and getting ready for the organized chaos that comes on the first morning. Since we built the new dinning hall in April, I needed to relearn the kitchen and where we keep everything. 7am: The sun is just rising and the rest of group made it to breakfast. It was good to see old friends as well as meet new, first time volunteers. We served up eggs, bacon, sausage, cinnamon toast, biscuits and fruit. That is it for now as it is time to open the clinic for business.

GUERRERO MEDICAL CLINIC Oct 2011

(Please send me your experiences for inclusion - including pictures. Send no more than 600 words, along with your name, and contact information (in case I have questions) to Robert Yudkin at robert@guerreroclinic.org)

Sunday 10/16

Heading Home. Adios Chihuahua City - at least until next clinic

Saturday 10/15

Click here is to see pictures from the Copper Canyon

Fri 10/14 - final full day of clinic

Final Night at the Cabanas (motel). Beautiful evening.

Guerrero Rotary Foundation Meeting

It's a dirty job but someone has to do it

What goes on in Mexico Stays in Mexico!
Well, Almost....

Thur 10/13 2nd batch

Cookout night. The team enjoys dinner.

Cookout night. Los Tres chefs

Carlos and Miriam. Long time Volunteers

I don't know and sometimes it's better not to ask!

Volunteers from the Rotary club or Torreon, Mexico.
They cooked dinner for patients and patients' families

Scrubs. The new fashion statement.

Cecilia and Tom with small dental paitent

Looking good and enjoying their experience.

Thur 10/13 5pm

You should have seen these people BEFORE they had their coffee!

The Breakfast team.

This row of patients had cataract surgery yesterday. They returned to the clinic this morning to get their bandages removed and have their post-op check by the optometrist

This is a view of the waiting room this morning first thing. We have yesterday's patients on the left and the begining of today's scheduled patients filling the rest of the room as well as waiting outside.

Removing the bandage. This is the part that is so exciting.... when the patients can see again or more clearly.

Dr. Greg Clariday and his surgical team.

I think the pre-op team is waiting for Jim Belushi. Good luck on that.

Dr. De La O from Terreon, Mexico

Dr. Vicky Ruiz

Patient returning from surgery

Dr. De La O's surgical team

So this is how lenses are made.

Too much fun

Thur 10/13 11:45 am

Good morning from the beautiful town of Guerrero in Chihuahua. It was not quite as cold last night as the first night but it was still chilly this morning when I left for the clinic. As a breakfast crew volunteer, I arrived at the clinic a few minutes after 6am. Already there were patients waiting. Not just one or two but at least three buses were parked and waiting for us to open.

Other than the breakfast crew, volunteers were picked up for the clinic at 7am where breakfast awaited. This morning I ventured into surgery. No, they decided that it was probably better if I left the surgery to the doctors but they let me take some pictures of the doctors in action (I will post on a separate page for those of you - like me - who really don't care to be around needles, blood, operating rooms, etc).

There are also other things happening in addition to eye testing and surgery. The dentiss are busy, I think they told me that they had 30 cases lined up today. We have a low vision doctor and I think we even have a general practitioner working today. The construction crew continues to work on the dinning hall rest rooms (which I would be helping with if I wasn't updating the web).

That being said. I need to get busy editing pictures so that I can post asap.

Robert.

Thur 10/13 11:00 am

We finished surgery about 8pm and had dinner at the clinic. Everyone was tired and looking forward to a good nights sleep - that is except Walter who convinced David to continue working after everyone else called it a day..

Wed 10/12 7:00 pm

We do dentistry as well as eyes at the clinic. Here are pictures of our dental team.

The optical shop team fits glasses

Dr. Tim has had a tough day

Patients wait for surgery in Pre-Op

The construction team builds bathrooms in the new dinning hall. Gives new meaning to BYOB (Build your own bathroom)

Lunch in the new dinning hall.

Our wonderful volunteers who prepared a fabulous lunch

Rod at Rest. Rod has helped at 14 clinics - so far...

Our sterilization team (well, most of it. Not sure where Rosie went)

Wed 10/12 11:30am

More pictures from this morning

OMG!!!

10/12 10am

Good morning. It is a fabulous day here in Guerrero. Most of the group arrived last evening and drove to the clinic. As we moved farther away from Chihuahua City, the sky cleared and the stars were radiant with the full moon showing us the way. I've been to the clinic many times and each time I am quickly reminded of the beauty we miss back home due to the smog and lights of the city. We settled in for the night and looked forward to the morning.

5:15am - Showered and got dressed. The morning is cold. Thank goodness for the heat. It was still dark outside when about 1/2 dozen of us left for the clinic at 6am to start breakfast.

We arrived at the clinic after a five minute drive only to find it bustling with activity. Patients were already lined up outside the clinic. Local volunteers were mobilizing and getting ready for the organized chaos that comes on the first morning. Since we built the new dinning hall in April, I needed to relearn the kitchen and where we keep everything.

7am:

The sun is just rising and the rest of group made it to breakfast. It was good to see old friends as well as meet new, first time volunteers. We served up eggs, bacon, sausage, cinnamon toast, biscuits and fruit. That is it for now as it is time to open the clinic for business.