Hundreds of Patients Receive Care at Clinic

Over the last few days, the Duke team of nursing and medical students have been incredibly busy delivering basic health care services to the Honduran community of Las Mercedes and surrounding areas.

On Saturday, the team saw 115 patients. On Sunday, the team saw 135 patients. Team lead Dr. Denis Diaz says the students are enjoying themselves, learning a lot, and are excited to have the chance to make their contribution to the local community.

Dr. Diaz says third year Duke medical student Ramon has really been a shining star and doing so well with the patients. As a result, the team opened up an additional room so he could see even more patients on his own, under the guidance of Diaz and Dr. Penny Cooper.

More patients are coming to the clinic to be seen today, and the team will have another 2 full days of clinic --- one more in Las Mercedes and another one in Copan later this week.