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In February 2011 a medical mission organized by Refuge
International took place in San Raimundo (Guatemala) where some 40 volunteers
from around the US provided medical care in this clinic
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practicum was set up by Viterbo to provide hands-on experience for graduate
nursing students as well as for a student in the Community Interpreting
program. Students are joined here by Bonnie Nesbitt and Julie Clements,
faculty organizers, Joan Artman, wife of Viterbo President Richard Artman and a
local Refuge coordinator.
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The
Viterbo Community Interpreting student, Gregg Attleson, was one of eleven
interpreters who worked with medical staff and patients to facilitate
communications.
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Maya family waits in the clinic to be called for consultation with a
provider. Patients sometimes traveled for hours to get to the clinic.
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Beside
consultation, minor lab work and pharmaceuticals, members of the team provided
over 40 surgeries. Eight year old Wendy had a hernia operation.
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Julie
Clements meets with a young mother and daughter for consultation. In some
cases conversations had to be interpreted in relay, from one of the Maya
languages to Spanish and then from Spanish to English and back again.
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