For the past week or so, I have been writing blogs about what goes on in our clinic in preparation for
#Giving Tuesday…today.
#Giving Tuesday…today.
Our Goal: to raise $5,000 to help the Clinic meet its financial responsibilities
for 2019 and into 2020.
The permanent health clinic in Nueva Vida* celebrates its 20th anniversary this year!
The clinic has grown and developed over those 20 years and so has its budget. The budget for the clinic this year is $261.634.00 which is about $720/day.
THIS IS WHAT $720 A DAY PAYS FOR…
- Acute medical care with one full-time physician (Dr. Flores) and one half-time physician (Dr. Lopez)
- Medical care for patients with chronic conditions like diabetes, hypertension, etc. with the above- mentioned doctors.
- Nebulization treatments
- Pediatric care with a part-time pediatrician
- Ultrasounds with Dr. Flores
- Restorative dental care with Dr. Escobar
- Preventive dental care with a hygienist and Dr. Escobar
- Dental care for children in 20 plus feeding centers throughout Nicaragua
- Laboratory for medical testing with a technician
- Testing outside the laboratory (such as for PAPs and biopsies) in addition to tests done inside the clinic but done by the nurse – for glucose, pregnancy, urine strips and rapid HIV tests (when available)
- Pharmacy for the medications that the doctors prescribe
- Therapy three mornings a week with Dr. Soto
- EKGs
- Vision check and eye glass clinic three mornings a week
- Limited gynecological care with Drs. Flores and Lopez and our nurse
- Various family planning methods**
- Prenatal check-ups with Drs. Flores and Lopez
- Home visits with patients at risk with Dr. Lopez and our 35 lay health promoters
- First aid and limited other care provided by our lay health promoters from their own homes on weekends and during the night
- Walk-in wound care
- Weekly classes for patients with chronic conditions provided by our paid health promoter, Jessenia
- Bi-monthly classes for pregnant moms and new mothers
- Monthly classes for our lay health promoters
- Weekly support groups for pre-teen and teen girls
- Weekly support groups for boys
- Limited support for HIV positive patients and their families
- Aid for patients to get birth certificates and national ID
- Wheelchairs, crutches, walkers, beds, etc.
- A current clinic staff of three doctors, one dentist, one nurse, one pharmacist, one lay technician, one hygienist, one health promoter, and a support staff of seven
Please help us meet our goal of $5,000… think how much good
your gift will do this #GivingTuesday.
-Kathleen
*Nueva Vida is the neighborhood of Ciudad Sandino,
Nicaragua, formed 20+ years ago after Hurricane Mitch. The Nueva Vida Clinic serves its 12,000
residents as well as any residents from other neighborhoods of the city,
population 180,000.
** Abortion is not one of them. Abortion is illegal in Nicaragua.
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